Eventual smoothness and stabilization of global weak solutions in parabolic–elliptic chemotaxis systems with logarithmic sensitivity

Publication date: October 2019Source: Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications, Volume 49Author(s): Jaewook Ahn, Kyungkeun Kang, Jihoon LeeAbstractA parabolic–elliptic chemotaxis system with non-negative chemotactic sensitivity χ∕v and positive chemical diffusion coefficient η is considered in a smooth bounded domain Ω⊂RN, N≥2 under homogeneous Neumann boundary conditions. We show the existence of at least one global weak solution for χ<χN, N≥3, where χN≔4+N24+N2−4. Moreover, under further assumptions of Ω and η, we prove that the constructed solution becomes smooth and stabilizes to a constant steady state after some waiting time if N=3,4. The stabilization of a global bounded solution, and the non-existence of non-constant steady states are also discussed in general dimensions.
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