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On a Diffuse Interface Model for Tumour Growth with Non-local Interactions and Degenerate Mobilities

  • Sergio Frigeri*
  • , Kei Fong Lam
  • , Elisabetta Rocca
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We study a non-local variant of a diffuse interface model proposed by Hawkins–Daarud et al. (Int. J. Numer. Methods Biomed. Eng. 28:3–24, 2012) for tumour growth in the presence of a chemical species acting as nutrient. The system consists of a Cahn–Hilliard equation coupled to a reaction-diffusion equation. For non-degenerate mobilities and smooth potentials, we derive well-posedness results, which are the non-local analogue of those obtained in Frigeri et al. (European J. Appl. Math. 2015). Furthermore, we establish existence of weak solutions for the case of degenerate mobilities and singular potentials, which serves to confine the order parameter to its physically relevant interval. Due to the non-local nature of the equations, under additional assumptions continuous dependence on initial data can also be shown.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSolvability, Regularity, and Optimal Control of Boundary Value Problems for PDEs
Subtitle of host publicationIn Honour of Prof. Gianni Gilardi
EditorsPierluigi Colli, Angelo Favini, Elisabetta Rocca, Giulio Schimperna, Jürgen Sprekels
PublisherSpringer Cham
Pages217-254
Number of pages38
Edition1st
ISBN (Electronic)9783319644899
ISBN (Print)9783319644882, 9783319878041
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 3 Nov 2017
EventINdAM Conference on Optimal Control for Evolutionary PDEs and Related Topics, OCERTO 2016 - Cortona, Italy
Duration: 20 Jun 201624 Jun 2016

Publication series

NameSpringer INdAM Series
Volume22
ISSN (Print)2281-518X
ISSN (Electronic)2281-5198

Conference

ConferenceINdAM Conference on Optimal Control for Evolutionary PDEs and Related Topics, OCERTO 2016
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityCortona
Period20/06/1624/06/16

User-Defined Keywords

  • Degenerate mobility
  • Non-local Cahn–Hilliard equations
  • Singular potentials
  • Tumour growth
  • Weak solutions
  • Well-posedness

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