Abstract :
This paper is concerned with the asymptotic behavior of the finite difference solutions of a coupled system of nonlinear integrodifferential reaction–diffusion equations. The existence of the finite difference solution and the monotone iteration process for solving the finite difference system are given. This includes an existence-uniqueness-comparison theorem. From the monotone iteration process, an attractor of the numerical time-dependent solution is obtained. This attractor is a sector between the pair of coupled quasisolutions of the corresponding numerical steady-state problem, which are obtained from a monotone iteration process. A sufficient condition, ensuring that the two coupled quasisolutions coincide, is given. Also given is the application to a reaction–diffusion problem with three different types of reaction functions, including some numerical results which validate the theory analysis.