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August 2018, 23(6): 2593-2605. doi: 10.3934/dcdsb.2018129

Stationary solutions of a free boundary problem modeling growth of angiogenesis tumor with inhibitor

Zejia Wang , Suzhen Xu and Huijuan Song ^,

College of Mathematical and Informational Science, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330022, China

* Corresponding author: Huijuan Song

Received July 2017 Revised October 2017 Published July 2018

We consider a free boundary problem modeling the growth of angiogenesis tumor with inhibitor, in which the tumor aggressiveness is modeled by a parameter $μ$. The existences of radially symmetric stationary solution and symmetry-breaking stationary solution are established. In addition, it is proved that there exist a positive integer $m^{**}$ and a sequence of $μ_m$, such that for each $μ_m(m > m^{**})$, the symmetry-breaking stationary solution is a bifurcation branch of the radially symmetric stationary solution.

Keywords: Free boundary problem, tumor angiogenesis, stationary solution, bifurcation, symmetry-breaking solution.

Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 35B35, 35K35; Secondary: 35Q80.

Citation: Zejia Wang, Suzhen Xu, Huijuan Song. Stationary solutions of a free boundary problem modeling growth of angiogenesis tumor with inhibitor. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - B, 2018, 23 (6) : 2593-2605. doi: 10.3934/dcdsb.2018129

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[31]	S. Xu, M. Bai and F. Zhang, Analysis of a free boundary problem for tumor growth with Gibbs-Thomson relation and time delays, Discrete Contin. Dyn. Syst. Ser. B, 22 (2017), online.Google Scholar
[32]	C. Xue, A. Friedman and C. K. Sen, A mathematical model of ischemic cutaneous wounds, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 106 (2009), 16782-16787. Google Scholar
[33]	F. Zhou, J. Escher and S. Cui, Bifurcation for a free boundary problem with surface tension modeling the growth of multi-layer tumors, J. Math. Anal. Appl., 337 (2008), 443-457. doi: 10.1016/j.jmaa.2007.03.107. Google Scholar
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