Stability of some mechanisms of chemotactic aggregation

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1581-1633

  Velazquez J J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; Keller Segel equations; Matched asymptotic expansions

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFUSION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

BLOW-UP MECHANISMS; CHEMOTACTIC AGGREGATION;

BIOMECHANICS;

EID: 0036588873     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036139900380049     Document Type: Article

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