Abstract
In this paper, we focus on the Keller–Segel chemotaxis system in a random heterogeneous domain. We assume that the corresponding diffusion and chemotaxis coefficients are given by stationary ergodic random fields and apply stochastic two-scale convergence methods to derive the homogenized macroscopic equations. In establishing our results, we also derive a priori estimates for the Keller–Segel system that rely only on the boundedness of the coefficients; in particular, no differentiability assumption on the diffusion and chemotaxis coefficients for the chemotactic species is required. Finally, we prove the convergence of a periodization procedure for approximating the homogenized macroscopic coefficients.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 58-76 |
Number of pages | 19 |
Journal | Nonlinear Analysis, Theory, Methods and Applications |
Volume | 144 |
Early online date | 4 Jul 2016 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Oct 2016 |
Keywords
- Chemotaxis
- Palm measures
- Point processes
- Stochastic homogenization
- Two-scale convergence
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Analysis
- Applied Mathematics