Existence, nonexistence and uniqueness of positive stationary solutions of a singular Gierer-Meinhardt system

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August 2017, 37(8): 4489-4505. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2017192

Existence, nonexistence and uniqueness of positive stationary solutions of a singular Gierer-Meinhardt system

1.	School of Mathematics and Statistics, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China
2.	Department of Mathematics, School of Mathematics, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
3.	School of Mathematics and Statistics, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China

Received November 2016 Revised March 2017 Published April 2017

This paper is concerned with the stationary Gierer-Meinhardt system with singularity:

$\left\{\begin{array}{ll} d_1\Delta u-a_1 u+\frac{u^p}{v^q}+\rho_1(x)=0, \ \ & x\in\Omega, \\ d_2\Delta v-a_2 v+\frac{u^r}{v^s}+\rho_2(x)=0,\ \ & x\in\Omega,\\ u(x)>0,\ \ v(x)>0,\ \ & x\in \Omega,\\ \displaystyle u(x)=v(x)=0,\ \ & x\in\partial\Omega, \end{array}\right.$

where $-\infty < p < 1$, $-1 < s$, and $q, r, d_1, d_2$ are positive constants, $a_1, \, a_2$ are nonnegative constants, $\rho_1, \, \rho_2$ are smooth nonnegative functions and $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^d\, (d\geq1)$ is a bounded smooth domain. New sufficient conditions, some of which are necessary, on the existence of classical solutions are established. A uniqueness result of solutions in any space dimension is also derived. Previous results are substantially improved; moreover, a much simpler mathematical approach with potential application in other problems is developed.

Keywords: Gierer-Meinhardt system, singularity, stationary solution, Dirichlet boundary, existence, uniqueness.

Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 35J55, 35J75; Secondary: 35Q92.

Citation: Rui Peng, Xianfa Song, Lei Wei. Existence, nonexistence and uniqueness of positive stationary solutions of a singular Gierer-Meinhardt system. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - A, 2017, 37 (8) : 4489-4505. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2017192

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[5]	M. Ghergu, Steady-state solutions for Gierer-Meinhardt type systems with Dirichlet boundary condition, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc., 361 (2009), 3953-3976. doi: 10.1090/S0002-9947-09-04670-4. Google Scholar
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[8]	M. Ghergu and V. Rădulescu, On a class of singular Gierer-Meinhardt systems arising in morphogenesis, C. R. Math. Acad. Sci. Paris, 344 (2007), 163-168. doi: 10.1016/j.crma.2006.12.008. Google Scholar
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[12]	A. Gierer and H. Meinhardt, A theory of biological pattern formation, Kybernetik, 12 (1972), 30-39. doi: 10.1007/BF00289234. Google Scholar
[13]	H. Jiang, Global existence of solutions of an activator-inhibitor system, Discrete Contin. Dyn. Syst., 14 (2006), 737-751. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2006.14.737. Google Scholar
[14]	H. Jiang and W. -M. Ni, A priori estimates of stationary solutions of an activator-inhibitor system, Indiana Univ. Math. J., 56 (2007), 681-732. doi: 10.1512/iumj.2007.56.2982. Google Scholar
[15]	E. H. Kim, Singular Gierer-Meinhardt systems of elliptic boundary value problems, J. Math. Anal. Appl., 308 (2005), 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.jmaa.2004.10.039. Google Scholar
[16]	E. H. Kim, A class of singular Gierer-Meinhardt systems of elliptic boundary value problems, Nonlinear Anal., 59 (2004), 305-318. doi: 10.1016/S0362-546X(04)00260-3. Google Scholar
[17]	A. Lazer and J. P. McKenna, On a singular nonlinear elliptic boundary value problem, Proc. Amer. Math. Soc., 111 (1991), 721-730. doi: 10.1090/S0002-9939-1991-1037213-9. Google Scholar
[18]	F. Li, R. Peng and X. F. Song, Global existence and finite time blow-up of solutions of a Gierer-Meinhardt system, J. Differential Equations, 262 (2017), 559-589. doi: 10.1016/j.jde.2016.09.040. Google Scholar
[19]	W. -M. Ni, Diffusion, cross-diffusion, and their spike-layer steady states, Notices Amer. Math. Soc., 45 (1998), 9-18. Google Scholar
[20]	W. -M. Ni, The Mathematics of Diffusion, CBMS-NSF Regional Conf. Ser. in Appl. Math. 82, SIAM, Philadelphia, 2011. doi: 10.1137/1.9781611971972. Google Scholar
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[22]	W. -M. Ni, I. Takagi and E. Yanagida, Stability of least energy patterns of the shadow system for an activator-inhibitor model, Japan J. Indust. Appl. Math., 18 (2001), 259-272. doi: 10.1007/BF03168574. Google Scholar
[23]	W. -M. Ni and I. Takagi, On the Neumann problem for some semilinear elliptic equations and systems of activator-inhibitor type, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc., 297 (1986), 351-368. doi: 10.1090/S0002-9947-1986-0849484-2. Google Scholar
[24]	W. -M. Ni and I. Takagi, Point condensation generated by a reaction-diffusion system in axially symmetric domains, Japan J. Indust. Appl. Math., 12 (1995), 327-365. doi: 10.1007/BF03167294. Google Scholar
[25]	W. -M. Ni and J. Wei, On positive solutions concentrating on spheres for the Gierer-Meinhardt system, J. Differential Equations, 221 (2006), 158-189. doi: 10.1016/j.jde.2005.03.004. Google Scholar
[26]	C. V. Pao, Nonlinear Parabolic and Elliptic Equations, Plenum Press, New York, 1992.
[27]	V. Rădulescu, Bifurcation and asymptotics for elliptic problems with singular nonlinearity. Elliptic and Parabolic Problems, 389-401, Progr. Nonlinear Differential Equations Appl. , 63, Birkhäuser, Basel, 2005. doi: 10.1007/3-7643-7384-9_38. Google Scholar
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[29]	A. M. Turing, The chemical basis of morphogenesis, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (B), 237 (1952), 37-72. doi: 10.1098/rstb.1952.0012. Google Scholar
[30]	J. C. Wei and M. Winter, Mathematical Aspects of Pattern Formation in Biological Systems, Applied Mathematical Sciences, 189. Springer, London, 2014. xii+319 pp. ISBN: 978-1-4471-5525-6; 978-1-4471-5526-3. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4471-5526-3. Google Scholar
[31]	Q. X. Ye, Z. Y. Li, M. X. Wang and Y. P. Wu, Introduction to Reaction-Diffusion Equations, Second Edition, Science Press, Beijing, 2011.
[32]	Y. Zhang, Positive solutions of singular sublinear Dirichlet boundary value problems, SIAM J. Math. Anal., 26 (1995), 329-339. doi: 10.1137/S0036141093246087. Google Scholar

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