An estimation of level sets for non local KPP equations with delay

Abstract

We study the large time asymptotic behavior of the solutions of the linear parabolic equation with delay $(*)$: $u_{t}(t,x) = u_{xx}(t,x) - u(t,x) + \int_{\mathbb{R}} k(x-y) \, u (t-h, y)\, dy$, $x \in \R$, $\ t >0$, and $k(x) \in L^1(\R)$. As an application we get estimates on the measure of level sets of non local KPP type equations with delay. For this type of nonlinear equations we prove that, in contrast with the classical case, the solution to the initial value problem with data of compact support may not be persistent.