On principal eigenvalues of linear time-periodic parabolic systems: symmetric mutation case

TL;DR

This paper investigates how spatio-temporal heterogeneity influences the principal eigenvalues of linear time-periodic parabolic systems, revealing asymptotic behaviors, singular limits, and topological classifications that extend previous scalar results.

Contribution

It generalizes existing scalar operator results to systems, providing a comprehensive classification of eigenvalue behaviors and topological structures under heterogeneity.

Findings

Asymptotic behaviors of eigenvalues derived

Singular behaviors when diffusion rate and frequency approach zero

Complete classification of level set topologies

Abstract

The paper is concerned with the effect of the spatio-temporal heterogeneity on the principal eigenvalue of some linear time-periodic parabolic system. Various asymptotic behaviors of the principal eigenvalue and its monotonicity, as a function of the diffusion rate and frequency, are first derived. In particular, some singular behaviors of the principal eigenvalues are observed when both diffusion rate and frequency approach zero, with some scalar time-periodic Hamilton-Jacobi equation as the limiting equation. Furthermore, we completely classify the topological structures of the level sets for the principal eigenvalues in the plane of frequency and diffusion rate. Our results not only generalize most of the findings in [S. Liu and Y. Lou, J. Funct. Anal., 282 (2022), 109338] for scalar periodic-parabolic operators, but also reveal more rich global information, for time-periodic parabolic systems, on the dependence of the principal eigenvalues upon the spatio-temporal heterogeneity.