Approximation Analysis of a Parabolic-Parabolic Chemotaxis Model with Logarithmic Nonlinearity

Abstract

We consider the Keller-Segel system with logical source \begin{align*} \begin{cases} u_t = \nabla \cdot (\phi(u)\nabla u) - \nabla \cdot (\psi(u)\nabla v)+f(u), & x \in \Omega, \; t > 0, v_t = \Delta v - v + u, & x \in \Omega, \; t > 0, \end{cases} \end{align*} in a smooth bounded domain \(\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n\) with \(n \geq 2\), the Neumann initial-boundary value problem admits a globally defined, uniformly bounded classic solution for all sufficiently regular non-negative initial data \(u_0\) and \(v_0\). In the first equation, assume that \(\phi\) and \(\psi\) are dominated by a logarithmic function and a polynomial respectively. The logical source \(f\) representing the natural growth and decay of cells satisfies \(f \in W^{1,\infty}_{\mathrm{loc}}(\Omega)\) and \(f(0) \geq 0\). Then we will see that the unique solution \(u \in C^{2,1}((\overline{\Omega}) \times [0,T] )\) and \(v \in W^{1,q}([0,T] ; C^{2,1}(\overline{\Omega}))\).