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Title A simplified Keller-Segel model: construction of exact solutions for the Cauchy and Neumann boundary-value problems

Name Roman Cherniha
Country England
Email cherniha@gmail.com
Co-Author(s) Maksym Didovych
Submit Time 2014-02-27 04:15:04
Session
Special Session 115: Mathematical models of chemotaxis
Contents
This research is a natural continuation of our recent paper "Exact solutions of the simplified Keller-Segel model" published in Commun Nonlinear Sci Numer Simulat 2013; 18: 2960-2971. Here we show that the Keller-Segel type system in the case of one space variable is linearisable. The linearization procedure consists of a chain of substitutions, including the well-known Cole- Hopf substitution. Moreover, using the classical results for the linear heat equation and the Burgers equation, we construct exact solutions for the initial problem and the boundary-value problem with the zero fluxes in the case of the Keller-Segel system in question. Uniqueness of the solutions obtained is investigated and the relevant restrictions are derived. Finally, we present some results, including Lie symmetry invariance and particular exact solutions, for the model in the case of two space variables.