Hannes Uecker, Research

My research centers around the analysis of nonlinear PDE, mathematical modeling, and numerical simulation and bifurcation analysis. For an overview, my research can be arranged into six overlapping areas, with the more recent interests first.

  1. Bifurkation and pattern formation in PDE systems over bounded domains, including numerical bifurcation analysis ( pde2path), Classical and extended models from physics, chemistry and biology. [17, 20, 21,22,23, 24, 26, 28,30, 33,38,50,52, 51, 60,70, 73, 71, 79]

  2. Development of pde2path. [84,27, 38, 39], see also the various pde2path tutorials

  3. Pattern formation in infinite time–horizon optimal control with PDE constraints. [19, 25,30, 33]

  4. Nonlinear Optics and related systems (NLS and other dispersive equation related problems). [31,32, 34, 35,36, 48,55, 59, 65,66,76,81, 69]

  5. Fluid flow, in particular film flow with a free boundary over inclined planes. [ 53, 57, 67, 56, 63,61, 74, 77]

  6. Pattern formation over unbounded domains (dissipative problems related to the Ginzburg–Landau equations and other modulation equation). [37, 87,41, 62,75,72, 82, 80,83]

Publications, last update 27. Juni 2026. Note: the linked preprints may differ slightly from the published versions.

Books
PIC PIC
Numerical continuation and bifurcation in Nonlinear PDEs, SIAM, 2021, SIAM
Nonlinear PDEs: A Dynamical Systems Approach, AMS, Graduate Studies in Mathematics 182, 2017, mit Guido Schneider. AMS

Preprints

  1. Localized spatiotemporal reaction-diffusion patterns on a line and a disk arising from a subcritical finite wavenumber Hopf instability, 2026, (mit E. Knobloch, S.Modai und A.Yochelis, preprint

  2. Conditions for spatial instabilities and pattern formation from monomial steady state parameterizations, 2026, (mit C. Conradi und M.Mincheva) preprint

  3. Busse balloon deformation and splitting by non-local interaction: the influence of grazing on a Klausmeier vegetation model, 2026, (mit E. Siero), preprint

  4. Breathing and moving vesicles in a geometric mechanochemical model, 2026, (mit A. Meiners) preprint

    Peer revieved journal publications and book chapters

    2026–...

  5. Localized dynamic patterns in the complex cubic-quintic Swift-Hohenberg equation in one and two dimensions, Chaos, to appear 2026, (mit E. Knobloch und N. Verschueren) preprint

  6. Electrolyte flows under magnetic fields: Manning-like counterion condensation in one dimension, Phys.Rev.E 113, 055105, 2026, (mit Y. Tsori), preprint

  7. Helfrich cylinders – instabilities, bifurcations, and amplitude equations, SIADS, 2026 (mit A. Meiners), preprint

    2021–2025

  8. Vegetation pattern formation and community assembly under drying climate trends (mit M. Ferre, I. Pavithran, B. Bera, and E. Meron), Chaos, 35, 2025, preprint

  9. Traveling vegetation-herbivore waves can sustain ecosystems threatened by droughts and population growth, Physica D, 483, 2025, (mit J. Singha and E. Meron), preprint

  10. Breathers and mixed oscillatory states near a Turing-Hopf instability in a two–component reaction–diffusion system, 2025, (mit F. Al Saadi, E. Knobloch and A. Meiners), Physica D, preprint

  11. Phase transition and minimal interfaces on manifolds with conical singularities, Nonlinearity, 2025, (mit D. Grieser, S. Held and B. Vertman), preprint

  12. Numerical continuation and bifurcation for differential geometric PDEs, NMTMA, OA-2024-0005, 2024, (mit A. Meiners), preprint

  13. Time-dependent localized patterns in a predator–prey model, Chaos, 34, 043143, 2024, (mit F. Al Saadi, E. Knobloch and M. Nelson), preprint

  14. Nonlinear dynamics of modulated waves on graphene like quantum graphs, Mathematische Nachrichten 295 (11), 2147-2170, 2022, (mit S. Gilg and G. Schneider), preprint

  15. Origin of Jumping Oscillons in an Excitable Reaction-Diffusion System, PRE, E 104 (6), L062201 2021, (mit E. Knobloch and A. Yochelis), preprint

  16. Numerical continuation and bifurcation in Nonlinear PDEs - Algorithms, Applications, and Experiments, Jahresbericht der DMV, 2021.

  17. Localized and extended patterns in the cubic-quintic Swift-Hohenberg equation on a disk, Phys. Rev. E, 104:014208, 2021, (mit N. Verschueren und E.Knobloch) preprint

  18. Optimal spatial patterns in feeding, fishing, and pollution, DCDS-S, 2021, preprint

  19. Optimal Stock–Enhancement of a Spatially Distributed Renewable Resource, Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control, 123, 104060, 2021 (mit Th. Upmann, L. Hammann, B. Blasius)

    2016–2020

  20. Bending and pinching of three-phase stripes: From secondary instabilities to morphological deformations in organic photovoltaics, Phys. Rev. E, 102, 062213, 2020 (mit A. Shapira, N. Gavish und A. Yochelis)

  21. Stripes on finite domains: Why the zigzag instability is only a partial story, Chaos, 30, 073104, 2020 (mit A. Shapira und A. Yochelis) preprint

  22. The role of spatial self-organization in the design of agroforestry system, PLOS ONE, 15:7, e0236325, 2020 (mit O. Tzuk und E. Meron) preprint

  23. Snaking branches of planar BCC fronts in the 3D Brusselator, Physica D, 406, 132383, 2020, (mit D. Wetzel) preprint

  24. Defect–like structures and localized patterns in the cubic–quintic–septic Swift–Hohenberg equation, PRE, 100:1, 012204, 2019, mit E. Knobloch und D. Wetzel) preprint

  25. Optimal fishery with Coastal Catch, Natural Resource Modelling, e12235, 2019 (mit D. Grass und Th. Upmann) preprint

  26. Continuation for thin film hydrodynamics and related scalar problems, in Comput. Methods Appl. Sci., 50, Springer, Cham, 2019 (mit S. Engelnkemper, S. V. Gurevich, D. Wetzel and U. Thiele), preprint.

  27. Hopf bifurcation and time periodic orbits with pde2path - algorithms and applications, Comm. in Comp. Phys., 2019, preprint, pde2path homepage.
    (This replaces the old version (2016), where the algorithms, applications, and implementations were reviewed in a single document. Now the paper focusses on the algorithms and applications, while the implementation is reviewed in a Tutorial on Hopf bifurcation; see also pde2path tutorials.

  28. Mean field approach to first and second order phase transitions in ionic liquids, PRE, 95:060201, 2017, preprint, (mit S. Bier, N. Gavish and A. Yochelis)

  29. Desertification by Front Propagation?, Journal of Theoretical Biology 418 (2017), 27–35, (mit Y. Zelnik, U. Feudel und E. Meron) preprint

  30. Optimal management and spatial patterns in a distributed shallow lake model, 1:1-21, 2017, (mit D. Grass), preprint

  31. Low regularity justification results for envelope approximations of nonlinear wave packets in periodic media, Asymptotic Analysis, 99 (1-2), pp. 53-65, 2016 (mit K. Matthies), preprint

  32. Sine-Gordon solitons in networks: Scattering and transmission at vertices, Europ. Phys. Letters 115: 50002, 2016 (mit Z. Sobirov, D. Babajanov, K. Nakamura and D. Matrasulov), preprint

  33. Optimal control and spatial patterns in a semi arid vegetation system, Natural Resource Modeling, 29:2, 229–258, 2016, preprint

  34. Bifurcation of Nonlinear Bloch Waves from the Spectrum in the Gross-Pitaevskii Equation, Journal of Nonlinear Science, 26:3, 581–618, 2016, (mit T. Dohnal), preprint

    2011–2015

  35. Exact solutions of the Cauchy problem for the linearized KdV equation on metric star graphs, Uzbek Mathematical J, 2015:3, 143-154, (mit Z. Sobirov und M. Akhmedov), preprint

  36. Soliton transport in tubular networks: transmission at vertices in the shrinking limit, PRE 91, 023209, 2015, (mit D. Grieser, Z. Sobirov, D. Babajanov and D. Matrasulov), preprint

  37. Individual-based model for quorum sensing with background flow, Bull. Math. Biology, (mit J. Müller und B. Hense), 2014, preprint

  38. Numerical results for snaking of patterns over patterns in some 2D Selkov–Schnakenberg Reaction–Diffusion systems, SIADS, 13-1:94–128, 2014 (mit D. Wetzel) preprint,

  39. pde2path – a Matlab package for continuation and bifurcation in 2D elliptic systems, NMTMA (Numerical Mathematics: Theory, Methods and Applications), 7:58–106, 2014 (mit D. Wetzel und J. Rademacher) preprint, pde2path homepage

  40. Approximating the dynamics of communicating cells in a diffusive medium by ODEs -Â Homogenization with Localization, J. Math. Biology, 2012, (mit J. Müller) preprint

  41. Diffusive stability and diffusive mixing of periodic wave trains in reaction diffusion systems. JDE, 252, 3541–3574, 2012. (mit B. Sandstede, A. Scheel and G. Schneider) preprint

  42. Self-similar decay to the marginally stable ground state in a model for film flow over inclined wavy bottoms, EJDE, 2012:61, 1–51, 2012, (mit T. Häcker und G. Schneider) preprint

  43. Traveling interface modulations in the NH3+O2 reaction on a Rh(110) surface, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 14, 5260–5264, 2012, (mit M. Rafti, F. Lovis, V. Krupennikova and R. Imbihl) preprint

  44. Corrigendum to 51, Proc. Royal Soc. Edinburgh, 141A, 819-824, 2011 (mit R. Kaiser), preprint

  45. Interfacing Fortran routines from Matlab in a simple and efficient way - with applications to ordinary and partial differential equations Summer School Modern Computational Science, Oldenburg 2011, Universitätsverlag Oldenburg, 2011, preprint,

  46. Local existence and uniqueness of solutions of the weak electrolyte model describing electro-convection in nematic liquid crystals. ZAMM, 91:3, 247-256, 2011 (mit W.-P. Düll und G. Schneider) preprint

  47. Erratum to (published version of) 55, Physica D, 240, 357-362, 2011 (mit T. Dohnal) preprint

  48. Interaction of modulated pulses in nonlinear oscillator chains, J. Diff. Eq. Appl., 17:3, 279-298, 2011 (mit G. Schneider und M. Wand) preprint

    2006-2010

  49. Amplitude equations – an invitation to multiple scale analysis Summer School Modern Computational Science, Oldenburg 2010, Universitätsverlag Oldenburg, 2010, preprint,

  50. Statistics for surface modes of nanoparticles with shape fluctuations, Commun. in Comp. Physics, 8, 1224, 2010, (mit F. Rüting), preprint,

  51. Well-posedness of some initial-boundary-value problems for dynamo-generated poloidal magnetic fields, Proc. Royal Soc. Edinburgh, 139A, 1209-1235, 2009 (mit R. Kaiser) preprint

  52. Perturbation theory for plasmonic eigenvalues, Phys. Rev. B, 80:245405, 2009, (mit D. Grieser, S. Biehs, O. Huth, F. Rüting, and M. Holthaus) preprint

  53. An integral boundary layer equation for film flow over inclined wavy bottoms, Phys. of Fluids, 21, 092105, 2009. (mit T. Häcker) preprint

  54. A short ad hoc introduction to spectral methods for parabolic PDE and the Navier–Stokes equations, in Summer School Modern Computational Science, Oldenburg 2009, Universitätsverlag Oldenburg, 2009 preprint, software

  55. Coupled Mode Equations and Gap Solitons for the 2D Gross-Pitaevsky equation with a non-separable periodic potential, Physica D, 238: 860-879, 2009. (mit T. Dohnal) (updated version)

  56. Linear Resonance in viscous films on inclined planes. IJ Mutiphase Flow 34: 580–589, 2008. (mit A. Wierschem, V. Bontozoglou, C. Heining, und N. Aksel)

  57. A Hopf-bifurcation theorem for the vorticity formulation of the Navier-Stokes equations in ℝ3, Comm. PDE 33:5, 772–783, 2008. (mit A. Melcher and G. Schneider) preprint

  58. A remark about the justification of the nonlinear SchrÃdinger equation in quadratic spatially periodic media, ZAMP, 59:1-4, 2008 (mit C. Blank, M. Chirilus-Bruckner, C. Chong, V. Lescarret and G. Schneider) preprint

  59. Separation of internal and interaction dynamics for NLS-described wave packets with different carrier waves, Math. Anal. Appl. 347, 304Â314 (2008), (mit M. Chirilus-Bruckner, C. Chong, and G. Schneider) preprint

  60. Mass transport of alkali metal with pulses in a surface reaction, Phys. Rev. E, 78:055203(R), 2008, (mit M. Hinz, R. Imbihl, Y. Keverekidis und Q. Liang) preprint

  61. Long time persistence of KdV solitons as transient dynamics in a model of inclined film flow, Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinb., 137A: 133–146, 2007. (mit R.L. Pego and G. Schneider) preprint

  62. Exponential averaging and traveling waves in rapidly varying periodic media, Mathematische Nachrichten, 280:4, 408-422, 2007 (mit K. Matthies and G. Schneider) preprint

  63. Self–similar decay of localized perturbations of the Nusselt solution for the Navier–Stokes equations on an inclined plane, Arch.Rat.Mech.Anal. 184:3, 401–447, 2007 preprint

  64. The amplitude equations for the first instability of electro-convection in nematic liquid crystals in case of two unbounded space directions, Nonlinearity 20:1361-1386, 2007. (mit G. Schneider) preprint

  65. On the interaction of modulating pulses with different carrier waves, Mathematical Methods Applied Sciences, 30:15, 1965–1978, 2007. (mit M. Chirilus-Bruckner und G. Schneider) preprint

  66. The mathematics of light pulses in dispersive media, Jahresberichte der DMV, 109:3, 139-161, 2007 (mit G. Schneider) preprint

  67. A spatially periodic Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation as a model problem for inclined film flow over wavy bottom. EJDE 118, 1-18, 2007, (mit A. Wierschem) preprint

  68. Simulation of the life cycle of adsorbate islands on the Pt(100) surface during the NO+NH3 reaction. Chem. Phys. Letters, 421:4–6, 577–583. 2006. (mit M. Rafti, J. L. Vicente and R. Imbihl) preprint

  69. Justification of the Nonlinear Schrödinger equation in spatially periodic media, ZAMP, 57:6, 905–939, 2006 (mit K. Busch, G. Schneider and L. Tkeshelashvili) preprint

    2001-2005

  70. Pattern formation for NO+NH3 on Pt(100) – 2-dimensional numerical results, Phys. Rev.E, 71, 016207, 2005. preprint

  71. Standing waves, clustering, and phase waves in 1d-simulations of kinetic relaxation oscillations in NO+NH3 on Pt(100) coupled by diffusion. Physica D 190:249–265, 2004. preprint

  72. Stable transport of information near essentially unstable localized structures. Discrete Contin.Dyn.Syst.B 4:2, 349–390, 2004. (mit Th. Gallay und G. Schneider) preprint

  73. Relaxed plasma vacuum states in cylinders. Q.J. Mech. Appl. Math., 57:1, 1–17, 2004. (mit R. Kaiser) preprint

  74. Self–similar decay of localized perturbations in the Integral Boundary Layer equation. Journal Diff. Eq., 207:2, 407–422, 2004. preprint

  75. Validity of the Ginzburg-Landau approximation in pattern forming systems with time periodic forcing. Dynamics and Bifurcations of Patterns in Dissipative Systems, World Scientific, 39–57, 2004. (mit N. Breindl und G. Schneider) preprint

  76. Existence and stability of modulating pulse solutions in Maxwell’s equations describing nonlinear optics. ZAMP 54, 677-712, 2003. (mit G. Schneider) preprint

  77. Approximation of the Integral Boundary Layer equation by the Kuramoto–Sivashinsky equation. SIAM J. Appl. Math. 63:4, 1359–1377, 2003. preprint

  78. Almost global existence and transient self similar decay for Poiseuille flow at criticality over exponentially long times. Physica D 185:3–4, 209–226, 2003. (mit G. Schneider) preprint

  79. Adiabatic reduction and hysteresis of the LFI–model of NO+NH3 on Pt(100). Chem. Phys. Let., 382, 232–244, 2003. (mit R. Imbihl, M. Rafti, I.M. Iruzun, J.L. Vicente und E.E. Mola) preprint

  80. Stability and diffusive dynamics on unbounded domains. In Ergodic Theory, Analysis and Efficient Simulation of Dynamical Systems, ed. B. Fiedler, Springer, 563-584, 2001. (mit A. Mielke und G. Schneider) preprint

  81. Nonlinear coupled mode dynamics in hyperbolic and parabolic periodically structured spatially extended systems. Asymptot. Anal. 28:2, 163-180, 2001. (mit G. Schneider) preprint

  82. Stable modulating multi-pulse solutions for dissipative systems with resonant spatially periodic forcing. J. Nonlin. Sci.,11:2, 89-121, 2001. preprint

  83. Diffusive stability of rolls in the two-dimensional real and complex Swift–Hohenberg equation. Comm. PDE 24:11&12, 2109-2146, 1999. preprint

    Proceedings

  84. pde2path – V2 : multi-parameter continuation and periodic domains, 2014, in H. Ecker, A. Steindl, S. Jakubek, eds, ENOC 2014 - Proceedings of 8th European Nonlinear Dynamics Conference, ISBN: 978-3-200-03433-4. (mit T. Dohnal, J. Rademacher und D. Wetzel), preprint, pde2path homepage

  85. Modeling of film flows over inclined wavy bottoms, PAMM 8:10721-10722, 2009 (mit T. Häcker)

  86. Resonance in viscous film flow over topography PAMM 7:4100025–4100026, 2008 (mit C. Heining, A. Wierschem, V. Bontozoglou und N. Aksel)

  87. Mathematical theory for the Ginzburg-Landau approximation in pattern forming systems with time-periodic forcing – with applications to electro-convection in nematic liquid crystals. Proceedings of Equa∂iff–11: 507–517, 2005. (mit N. Breindl and G. Schneider) preprint

  88. Local in time nonlinear stability of pulses in an unstable medium. XIVth International Congress on Mathematical Physics, Lisboa 2003, 296–303, World Scientific, 2005. (mit R.L. Pego und G. Schneider)

  89. Rolls and modulating pulses in Swift–Hohenberg type of equations, in International Conference on Differential Equations, Equadiff 99, World Scientific, 408-413, 2000.

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