Diffusive stability of spatially periodic patterns with a conservation law

Abstract

Applying the Lyapunov-Schmidt reduction approach introduced by Mielke and Schneider in their analysis of the fourth-order scalar Swift-Hohenberg equation, we carry out a rigorous small-amplitude stability analysis of Turing patterns for the model introduced by Matthews and Cox for pattern formation with a conservation law. Our results confirm that stability is accurately predicted in the small-amplitude limit by the formal modified Ginzburg-Lanadau system (mGL) consisting of a coupled Ginzburg-Landau equation and mean mode equation derived by Matthews and Cox, rigorously validating the standard weakly unstable approximation.