TOPOLOGICAL SINGULARITIES OF DOMAINS IN GLOBALLY CONSTRAINED BISTABLEREACTION-DIFFUSION SYSTEMS

A general (nonvariational) globally constrained reaction-diffusion equ ation (GCRDE) with bistability is employed for studying the dynamics o f two-dimensional non-single-connected domains: circular spots of one phase with inclusions of another phase. In the sharp-interface approxi mation, the dynamics is describable by a set of coupled ordinary diffe rential equations which have a universal form. It is shown that domain s with a single inclusion always develop topological singularity in a finite time: the inclusion either shrinks to zero, or breaks out. The results are supported by numerical simulations with the full GCRDE.