Some asymptotic expansions for a semilinear reaction-diffusion problem in a sector

R. Bruce Kellogg, Natalia Kopteva

Published 2009-02-05, updated 2009-09-27Version 2

A semilinear singularly perturbed reaction-diffusion equation with Dirichlet boundary conditions is considered in a convex unbounded sector. The singular perturbation parameter is arbitrarily small, and the "reduced equation" may have multiple solutions. A formal asymptotic expansion for a possible solution is constructed that involves boundary and corner layer functions. For this asymptotic expansion, we establish certain inequalities that are used in a subsequent paper to construct sharp sub- and super-solutions and then establish the existence of a solution to a similar nonlinear elliptic problem in a convex polygon.