A Sharp Global Boundedness Result for Keller--Segel--(Navier--)Stokes Systems with Rapid Diffusion and Saturated Sensitivities
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| contents | We investigate the Keller--Segel--(Navier--)Stokes system posed in a smooth bounded domain \(Ω\subset \mathbb{R}^N\) with \(N = 2,3\): \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} n_t + u \cdot \nabla n = Δn - \nabla \cdot \big( n S(n)\nabla c \big), \\[2mm] u \cdot \nabla c = Δc - c + n, \\[2mm] u_t + κ(u \cdot \nabla) u = Δu - \nabla P + n \nabla ϕ, \\[2mm] \nabla \cdot u = 0, \end{cases} \end{equation*} where \(κ\in \left \{0,1 \right \} \), the given gravitational potential \(ϕ\in W^{2, \infty}(Ω)\), and the chemotactic sensitivity function \(S \in C^2([0,\infty))\).
Under no-flux boundary conditions for \(n\) and \(c\), together with the Dirichlet boundary condition for \(u\), we show that, provided the initial data satisfy suitable regularity assumptions, the following results hold: \begin{itemize}
\item If \(N = 2\), \(κ= 1\), and the sensitivity function satisfies
\(\lim_{ξ\to \infty} S(ξ) = 0\), then the Keller--Segel--Navier--Stokes system admits
a global classical solution that remains uniformly bounded in time.
\item If \(N = 3\), \(κ= 0\), and \(S\) satisfies
\[
|S(ξ)| \le K_S (ξ+ 1)^{-α} \quad \text{for all } ξ\ge 0,
\]
with some constants \(K_S > 0\) and \(α> \frac{1}{3}\), then the
Keller--Segel--Stokes system possesses a global bounded classical solution. \end{itemize} Our results are optimal, since it is well established that, in the absence of fluid effects, blow-up can occur when $S \equiv \mathrm{const}$ in two dimensions, or when $α< \tfrac{1}{3}$ in three dimensions. |
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| spellingShingle | A Sharp Global Boundedness Result for Keller--Segel--(Navier--)Stokes Systems with Rapid Diffusion and Saturated Sensitivities Le, Minh Analysis of PDEs 35B35, 35K45, 35K55, 92C15, 92C17 We investigate the Keller--Segel--(Navier--)Stokes system posed in a smooth bounded domain \(Ω\subset \mathbb{R}^N\) with \(N = 2,3\): \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} n_t + u \cdot \nabla n = Δn - \nabla \cdot \big( n S(n)\nabla c \big), \\[2mm] u \cdot \nabla c = Δc - c + n, \\[2mm] u_t + κ(u \cdot \nabla) u = Δu - \nabla P + n \nabla ϕ, \\[2mm] \nabla \cdot u = 0, \end{cases} \end{equation*} where \(κ\in \left \{0,1 \right \} \), the given gravitational potential \(ϕ\in W^{2, \infty}(Ω)\), and the chemotactic sensitivity function \(S \in C^2([0,\infty))\). Under no-flux boundary conditions for \(n\) and \(c\), together with the Dirichlet boundary condition for \(u\), we show that, provided the initial data satisfy suitable regularity assumptions, the following results hold: \begin{itemize} \item If \(N = 2\), \(κ= 1\), and the sensitivity function satisfies \(\lim_{ξ\to \infty} S(ξ) = 0\), then the Keller--Segel--Navier--Stokes system admits a global classical solution that remains uniformly bounded in time. \item If \(N = 3\), \(κ= 0\), and \(S\) satisfies \[ |S(ξ)| \le K_S (ξ+ 1)^{-α} \quad \text{for all } ξ\ge 0, \] with some constants \(K_S > 0\) and \(α> \frac{1}{3}\), then the Keller--Segel--Stokes system possesses a global bounded classical solution. \end{itemize} Our results are optimal, since it is well established that, in the absence of fluid effects, blow-up can occur when $S \equiv \mathrm{const}$ in two dimensions, or when $α< \tfrac{1}{3}$ in three dimensions. |
| title | A Sharp Global Boundedness Result for Keller--Segel--(Navier--)Stokes Systems with Rapid Diffusion and Saturated Sensitivities |
| topic | Analysis of PDEs 35B35, 35K45, 35K55, 92C15, 92C17 |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.12733 |