Special Session 17: Analysis of chemotaxis models

Can Navier-Stokes fluid flows induce blow-up in the logarithmic Keller-Segel system?
Jaewook Ahn
Dongguk University
Korea
Co-Author(s):    Sukjung Hwang
Abstract:
This presentation investigates a two-dimensional Keller--Segel--Navier--Stokes system with a tensor-valued sensitivity $S(x,n,c)$. Under a signal-dependent power-decay condition $|S(x,n,c)|\le s_0(s_1+c)^{-\gamma}$, we establish the global boundedness of classical solutions for both fluid-coupled ($\gamma > 1/2$) and fluid-free ($\gamma > 0$) systems. In both cases, the result covers the logarithmic Keller-Segel system ($\gamma=1$). To overcome mathematical difficulties arising from signal production and fluid transport, our approach utilizes a sequence of localized energy estimates. Furthermore, under specific structural assumptions on the sensitivity tensor, we prove that solutions of the fluid-free system converge exponentially to the spatially homogeneous steady state.