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Finite-time blow-up in a class of chemotaxis systems with spatially heterogeneous diffusion sensitivity

Analysis of PDEs 2026-05-01 v1

Abstract

\indent In this paper, we study a class of parabolic-elliptic Keller-Segel systems with diffusion sensitivity dependent on spatial position, given by type \begin{equation} \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} u_{t} = \bigtriangledown\cdot(|x|^{\beta} \bigtriangledown u)-\bigtriangledown\cdot(u^{\alpha} \bigtriangledown v), 0=\bigtriangleup v-\mu +u, \qquad \mu:=\frac{1}{|\Omega|}\int_{\Omega}udx,\end{array}\right. \end{equation} under homogeneous Neumann conditions in a ball Ω=BR(0)Rn\Omega=B_{R}(0)\subset \mathbb{R}^{n} with α1\alpha \ge 1, β>0\beta>0 and n2n\ge 2.\par \indent It is proved that any nonconstant nonnegative radial initial data u0Cθ(Ω)u_{0}\in C^{\theta}(\overline{\Omega}), where θ(0,1)\theta \in (0,1), there exists a radially symmetric classical solution of the system (0.1) in (Ω{0})×(0,T)(\Omega \setminus \{ 0 \})\times (0,T) for some T>0T>0; moreover, if the initial values u0C1+θ(Ω)u_{0}\in C^{1+\theta}(\overline{\Omega}) for some θ(0,1)\theta \in (0,1) and satisfy a certain compatibility criterion and are radially decreasing, then this solution is bounded and unique in (Ω{0})×(0,T)(\Omega \setminus \{ 0 \})\times (0,T^{*}) with T<TT^{*}<T.\par Finally, it is found that the initial mass corresponding to this parabolic-elliptic problem (0.1) is sufficiently concentrated to allow the solution to blow up in finite time.

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@article{arxiv.2604.27561,
  title  = {Finite-time blow-up in a class of chemotaxis systems with spatially heterogeneous diffusion sensitivity},
  author = {Yashuang Zhao and Shijun Li and Shaopeng Xu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.27561},
  year   = {2026}
}