Global existence of classical solutions for a hyperbolic chemotaxis model and its parabolic limit

Indiana University Mathematics Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 289-316

  Hwang, Hyung Ju ^a   Kang, Kyungkeun ^b   Stevens, Angela ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICS IN THE SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; Global existence; Hyperbolic model; Parabolic limit

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645767154     PISSN: 00222518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1512/iumj.2006.55.2677     Document Type: Article

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