TY - JOUR
T1 - Boundedness of solutions to parabolic-elliptic Keller-Segel systems with signal-dependent sensitivity
AU - Fujie, Kentarou
AU - Winkler, Michael
AU - Yokota, Tomomi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
PY - 2015/4/1
Y1 - 2015/4/1
N2 - This paper deals with the parabolic-elliptic Keller-Segel system with signal-dependent chemotactic sensitivity function, ut=Δu-·(uχ(v)),x∈Ω,t>0,0=Δv-v+u,x∈Ω,t>0,under homogeneous Neumann boundary conditions in a smooth bounded domain Ω⊂Rn,n≥2, with initial data u0∈C0(Ω) satisfying u0-≥-0 and ∫Ωu0>0. The chemotactic sensitivity function χ(v) is assumed to satisfy 0<χ(v)≤χ0vk,k≥1,χ0>0.The global existence of weak solutions in the special case χ(v)=χ0v is shown by Biler (Adv.-Math.-Sci.-Appl.-1999; 9:347-359). Uniform boundedness and blow-up of radial solutions are studied by Nagai and Senba (Adv.-Math.-Sci.-Appl.-1998; 8:145-156). However, the global existence and uniform boundedness of classical nonradial solutions are left as an open problem. This paper gives an answer to the problem. Namely, it is shown that the system possesses a unique global classical solution that is uniformly bounded if χ0<2n(k=1);χ0<2n·kk(k-1)k-1γk-1(k>1), where γ->-0 is a constant depending on Ω and u0.
AB - This paper deals with the parabolic-elliptic Keller-Segel system with signal-dependent chemotactic sensitivity function, ut=Δu-·(uχ(v)),x∈Ω,t>0,0=Δv-v+u,x∈Ω,t>0,under homogeneous Neumann boundary conditions in a smooth bounded domain Ω⊂Rn,n≥2, with initial data u0∈C0(Ω) satisfying u0-≥-0 and ∫Ωu0>0. The chemotactic sensitivity function χ(v) is assumed to satisfy 0<χ(v)≤χ0vk,k≥1,χ0>0.The global existence of weak solutions in the special case χ(v)=χ0v is shown by Biler (Adv.-Math.-Sci.-Appl.-1999; 9:347-359). Uniform boundedness and blow-up of radial solutions are studied by Nagai and Senba (Adv.-Math.-Sci.-Appl.-1998; 8:145-156). However, the global existence and uniform boundedness of classical nonradial solutions are left as an open problem. This paper gives an answer to the problem. Namely, it is shown that the system possesses a unique global classical solution that is uniformly bounded if χ0<2n(k=1);χ0<2n·kk(k-1)k-1γk-1(k>1), where γ->-0 is a constant depending on Ω and u0.
KW - boundedness
KW - chemotaxis
KW - global existence
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U2 - 10.1002/mma.3149
DO - 10.1002/mma.3149
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84925374193
VL - 38
SP - 1212
EP - 1224
JO - Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences
JF - Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences
SN - 0170-4214
IS - 6
ER -