A System of Reaction Diffusion Equations Arising in the Theory of Reinforced Random Walks

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1997
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Levine, Howard
Sleeman, Brian
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We investigate the properties of solutions of a system of chemotaxis equations arising in the theory of reinforced random walks. We show that under some circumstances, finite-time blow-up of solutions is possible. In other circumstances, the solutions will decay to a spatially constant solution (collapse). We also give some intuitive arguments which demonstrate the possibility of the existence of aggregation (piecewise constant) solutions.

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This is an article from SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics 57 (1997): 683, doi:10.1137/S0036139995291106. Posted with permission.

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