On the speed of pulled fronts with a cutoff
Abstract
We study the effect of a small cutoff ε on the velocity of a pulled front in one dimension by means of a variational principle. We obtain a lower bound on the speed dependent on the cutoff, and for which the two leading order terms correspond to the Brunet Derrida expression. To do so we cast a known variational principle for the speed of propagation of fronts in new variables which makes it more suitable for applications.
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