Point dynamics in a singular limit of the Keller-Segel model 1: Motion of the concentration regions

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1198-1223

  Velazquez J J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; Keller Segel model; Singular perturbations

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COMBUSTION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; IGNITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

CHEMOTACTIC AGGREGATION; CHEMOTAXIS; KELLER-SEGEL MODEL; SINGULAR PERTURBATIONS;

PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

EID: 4544331862     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036139903433888     Document Type: Article

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