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A lower bound on the blow up time for solutions of a chemotaxis system with nonlinear chemotactic sensitivity

In a recent study, a lower bound is established on the blow up time for solutions of a chemotaxis system, with nonlinear chemotactic sensitivity u(u+1)m−1, set in the three-dimensional unit ball. Here, u is the density of a cell or organism that produces a chemical, with density v, and moves prefere...

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Published in:Nonlinear analysis 2017-08, Vol.159, p.2-9
Main Authors: Anderson, Jeffrey R., Deng, Keng
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Language:English
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Summary:In a recent study, a lower bound is established on the blow up time for solutions of a chemotaxis system, with nonlinear chemotactic sensitivity u(u+1)m−1, set in the three-dimensional unit ball. Here, u is the density of a cell or organism that produces a chemical, with density v, and moves preferentially toward regions of higher concentration of v according to the flux −∇u+χu(u+1)m−1∇v. With χ>0, v is referred to as a “chemoattractant” and, in the case m=1, the system reduces to a version of the Keller–Segel model. Solutions that blow up in finite time have been previously established for the system on a ball in Rn provided n≥2, m>2/n. For technical reasons, the lower bound proven for the blow up time applies in such cases when n=3 and m≤2. We extend the analysis and resulting lower bound to such a model in general convex domains, with n≥2 and any m.
ISSN:0362-546X
1873-5215
DOI:10.1016/j.na.2016.11.018