Classical solutions and pattern formation for a volume filling chemotaxis model.
We establish the global existence of classical solutions to a generalized chemotaxis model, which includes the volume filling effect expressed through a nonlinear squeezing probability. This novel choice of squeezing probability reflects the elastic properties of cells. Necessary and sufficient conditions for spatial pattern formation are given and the underlying bifurcations are analyzed. In numerical simulations, the complex dynamics of merging and emerging patterns are shown for zero cell kinetics and nonzero cell kinetics, respectively. We conclude that the emerging process of pattern formation is due to cell growth.
Wang
Zhian
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Department of Mathematical and Statistical Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton Alberta T6G 2G1, Canada.
Hillen
Thomas
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D000465:Algorithms; D002449:Cell Aggregation / Q000502:physiology*; D002633:Chemotaxis / Q000502:physiology*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D005246:Feedback / Q000502:physiology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics