Existence of steady-state solutions for a class of competing systems with cross-diffusion
and self-diffusion
Ningning Zhu
BSchool of Mathematics (Zhuhai), Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, Guangdong 519082, P.R. China Received 10 November 2020, appeared 10 January 2021
Communicated by Eduardo Liz
Abstract. We focus on a system of two competing species with cross-diffusion and self- diffusion. By constructing an appropriate auxiliary function, we derive the sufficient conditions such that there are no coexisting steady-state solutions to the model. It is worth noting that the auxiliary function constructed above is applicable to Dirichlet, Neumann and Robin boundary conditions.
Keywords: cross-diffusion, self-diffusion, steady-state solution, maximum principle.
2020 Mathematics Subject Classification: 35J57, 35B50.
1 Introduction
In this work, we study the steady-state solutions of the following competing systems with cross-diffusion and self-diffusion:
∂u
∂t =∆[(d1+a11u+a12v)u] +u(a1−b1u−c1v), x∈Ω,t>0,
∂v
∂t =∆[(d2+a21u+a22v)v] +v(a2−b2u−c2v), x∈Ω,t>0, α1u+β1∂u
∂ν =α2v+β2∂v
∂ν =0, x∈∂Ω,t >0, u(x, 0) =u0(x)≥0, v(x, 0) =v0(x)≥0, x∈Ω,
(1.1)
whereΩ⊂Rn(n≥1)is a bounded domain with smooth boundary,uandvare the densities of two competing species, αi,βi and aij (i,j = 1, 2) are nonnegative constants, ai,bi,ci and di (i= 1, 2)are all positive constants, a11 anda22stand for the self-diffusion pressures, while a12 and a21 are the cross-diffusion pressures, a1,a2 represent the intrinsic growth rates of the two species, b1,c2 describe the intra-specific competitions, whileb2,c1 describe the inter- specific competitions, andd1,d2are their diffusion rates.
BEmail: zhunn5@mail2.sysu.edu.cn
System (1.1) was first proposed by Shigesada, Kawasaki and Teramoto [10] in 1979 to investigate the spatial segregation of interacting species. In the last several decades, a great deal of mathematical effort has been devoted to the study of the model. For the smooth solutions of the system (1.1) with homogeneous Neumann boundary conditions, [4] and [11]
obtained the global existence and boundedness in a bounded convex domain. We refer to [2,3,5–7] for the study of the positive steady-state solutions. For instance, Lou and Ni [2]
established the sufficient conditions for the existence and nonexistence of nonconstant steady- state solutions in the strong and weak competition case, respectively. Whena21= a22 =0, Lou et al. [5] provided the parameters ranges such that the system has no nonconstant positive solutions fora11=0 anda116=0, respectively.
For literatures about the system (1.1) under homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions, see [1,8,12,14] and references therein. In [9], by the decomposing operators and the theory of fixed point, Ryn and Ahn discussed the existence of the positive coexisting steady-state of system (1.1) for two competing species or predator-prey species.
Motivated by [5], we introduce the effect of self-diffusion and consider the model under three boundary conditions. Our purpose is to establish the sufficient conditions such that the following system has no coexisting solutions:
∆[(d1+αv)u] +u(a1−b1u−c1v) =0, x ∈Ω,
∆[(d2+βv)v] +v(a2−b2u−c2v) =0, x ∈Ω, α1u+β1∂u
∂ν
=α2v+β2∂v
∂ν
=0, x ∈∂Ω,
(1.2)
where αi ≥ 0,βi ≥ 0 and αi+βi > 0 for i = 1, 2. In what follows, we always assume that α ≥ 0,β ≥ 0,ai > 0,bi > 0,ci > 0 and di > 0 for i = 1, 2. To achieve that, the main tools we use are the strong maximum principle, Hopf’s boundary lemma and the divergence theorem. Since u and v represent species densities, we are interested in the nonnegative classical solution(u,v) of (1.2), which means that (u,v) ∈ (C1(Ω)∩C2(Ω))2, u,v ≥ 0 in Ω, and satisfies (1.2) in the pointwise sense.
The remainder of this work is organized as follows. In Section 2, we show that the non- negative classical solutions are strictly positive if they are not identically equal to zero, which plays a key role in the proof of main theorems. Section 3 constructs an auxiliary function, which can be used to produce contradictions, and thus parameter ranges for nonexistence of coexisting steady-state solutions will be obtained under three boundary conditions.
2 Preliminaries
Let us first give the following proposition by applying the strong maximum principle, which indicates that nonnegative classical solutions are strictly positive if they are nontrivial.
Proposition 2.1. Suppose that(u,v)is a nonnegative classical solution of (1.2). Then if u 6≡0, we have u>0inΩ, and if v6≡0, we have v>0inΩ.
Proof. We only proveu>0 in Ωwheneveru6≡0, since the positivity ofvinΩcan be proved in a similar way. Letw= (d1+αv)u. Due tod1>0,α≥0 andv≥0 inΩ, it suffices to prove w>0 inΩ. Otherwise, there isx0∈ Ωsuch thatw(x0) =minx∈Ωw(x) =0.
It follows from the first equation of (1.2) that
∆w+u(a1−b1u−c1v) =∆w+ a1−b1u−c1v
d1+αv ·w=0.
Let
Lw =−∆w+cw with c= b1u+c1v d1+αv . Then
c≥0 and Lw = a1w
d1+αv ≥0 inΩ.
So, an application of the strong maximum principle shows that w is constant in Ω, and thusw=0, a contradiction tou6≡0. This completes the proof.
Remark 2.2. When αi = 0 and βi > 0 for i = 1, 2, that is, in the case of Neumann boundary conditions, we can get further thatu,v>0 inΩby Hopf’s boundary lemma.
Next, we list two lemmas about the existence of positive solutions for single equation under Dirichlet or Robin boundary conditions, which can reveal the existence of semi steady-state solution of system (1.2). The following lemma comes from Theorem 2.1 in [8].
Lemma 2.3. Consider the following problem:
(−∆[(d+γw)w] =w(a−bw), x∈Ω,
w=0, x∈∂Ω, (2.1)
where a,b,d are positive constants andγ is nonnegative constant. Letλd1 > 0denote the first eigen- value of−∆with the homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition on∂Ω. If
λd1< a d, then problem(2.1)has a unique positive solution.
From now on, ifλd1 < da1
1 andλd1 < ad2
2, we denoteu∗andv∗as the unique positive solution of systems
(−d1∆u+ (b1u−a1)u=0, x∈ Ω,
u=0, x∈ ∂Ω,
and
(−∆[(d2+βv)v] + (c2v−a2)v =0, x∈Ω,
v=0, x∈∂Ω,
respectively.
For Robin boundary conditions, the corresponding result can be found in Theorem 2.10 of [9].
Lemma 2.4. Consider the following system:
−∆[(d(x) +γw)w] =w(a(x)−bw), x ∈Ω, δw+η∂w
∂ν =0, x ∈∂Ω, (2.2)
whereγis a nonnegative constant, b,δ,ηare positive constants and d(x),a(x)∈C2(Ω)with d(x)>
0for all x ∈Ω. If ∂ν∂(d(x))≤0on∂Ωandλ1(d(x),a(x),δ,η)>0, then(2.2)has a unique positive solution, where
λ1(d(x),a(x),δ,η) = R
Ω
− |∇[d(x)φ1]|2+d(x)a(x)φ21 −R
∂Ωd(x)hδ
ηd(x)−∂d(x)
∂ν
i φ21 kpd(x)φ1k2
L2(Ω)
denotes the principal eigenvalue with eigenfunctionφ1 of the following eigenvalue problem:
∆[(d(x)φ] +a(x)φ= λφ, x∈Ω, δφ+η∂φ
∂ν =0, x∈∂Ω.
Similarly, if λ1(d1,a1,α1,β1) > 0 and λ1(d2,a2,α2,β2) > 0, we write u∗∗ and v∗∗ as the unique positive solution of systems
−d1∆u+ (b1u−a1)u=0, x∈ Ω, α1u+β1∂u
∂ν =0, x∈ ∂Ω, and
−∆[(d2+βv)v] + (c2v−a2)v =0, x∈Ω, α2v+β2∂v
∂ν =0, x∈∂Ω,
respectively.
3 Steady-state solutions
Now we give the main theorems of this work. When the intra-competition and inter-competition parameters of one species are greater than inter-competition and intra-competition of the other, respectively, whereas the intrinsic growth rate is less than that of the other, we explore two different sufficient criteria for nonexistence of coexisting solutions of system (1.2).
3.1 Dirichlet boundary conditions
Theorem 3.1. Letαi >0,βi =0for i=1, 2,α≥0andβ≥0. Assume that(u,v)is a nonnegative classical solution of (1.2). If
(i) b1 >b2, c1>c2, a1 <a2, d1 ≥d2 and α≥β or
(ii) b1<b2, c1< c2, a1 >a2, d1≤d2 and α≤ β, then we have either
(u,v)≡(0, 0), or
(u,v) = (u∗, 0) if λd1 < a1 d1, or
(u,v) = (0,v∗) if λd1 < a2 d2.
Proof. (i) By way of contradiction, suppose thatu 6≡ 0 and v 6≡0. Thus, u andv are positive in Ωby Proposition2.1. So, it is apparent from system (1.2) that:
∆[(d1+αv)u]
u =−a1+b1u+c1v, x∈Ω,
∆[(d2+βv)v]
v =−a2+b2u+c2v, x∈Ω,
u=v=0, x∈∂Ω.
(3.1)
Let
w= (d1+αv)u. (3.2)
Then, by (3.1) and conditionsb1>b2, c1 >c2anda1<a2, we have
∆w
w > ∆[(d2+βv)v]
(d1+αv)v inΩ. (3.3)
We now define a function p(s) =s
d2−d1
d1 (d1+αs)
2β−α−d2 d1α
α fors >0. (3.4)
It is easy to verify that p(s)>0 for any s>0. Moreover, a direct calculation implies that p0(s) = p(s) d2−d1
d1s + 2β−α− dd2
1α d1+αs
! . This, together with (3.3), yields that
div[(d1+αv)vp(v)∇w−wp(v)∇[(d2+βv)v]]
= (d1+αv)vp(v)∆w+∇[(d1+αv)vp(v)]· ∇w
−wp(v)∆[(d2+βv)v]− ∇[wp(v)]· ∇[(d2+βv)v]
>∇[(d1+αv)vp(v)]· ∇w− ∇[wp(v)]· ∇[(d2+βv)v] inΩ.
Furthermore, we can see that
∇[(d1+αv)vp(v)]· ∇w− ∇[wp(v)]· ∇[(d2+βv)v]
=hαvp(v)∇v+ (d1+αv)p(v)∇v+ (d1+αv)vp0(v)∇vi
·hαu∇v+ (d1+αv)∇ui
−hαup(v)∇v+ (d1+αv)p(v)∇u+ (d1+αv)up0(v)∇vi
·hβv∇v+ (d2+βv)∇vi
=|∇v|2h2α2uvp(v) +d1αup(v) +d1αuvp0(v) +α2uv2p0(v)−2αβuvp(v)
−2d1βuvp0(v)−2αβuv2p0(v)−d2αup(v)−d1d2up0(v)−d2αuvp0(v)i +∇u· ∇vh
3d1αvp(v) +d21p(v) +d21vp0(v) +2d1αv2p0(v) +2α2v2p(v) +α2v3p0(v)−2d1βvp(v)−2αβv2p(v)−d1d2p(v)−d2αvp(v)i
,|∇v|2M(u,v) +∇u· ∇vN(u,v).
Since
N(u,v) =p(v)h3d1αv+d21+2α2v2−2d1βv−2αβv2−d1d2−d2αvi
+p0(v)v(d1+αv)2
= p(v)h(d21−d1d2) + (3d1α−2d1β−d2α)v+ (2α2−2αβ)v2 +d2−d1
d1 (d1+αv)2+v(d1+αv)(2β−α− d2 d1α)i
=0, and
M(u,v)
= αup(v)(d1−d2+2αv−2βv) +up0(v)−d1d2+ (d1α−2d1β−d2α)v+ (α2−2αβ)v2
= αup(v)(d1−d2+2αv−2βv) +up0(v)(d1+αv)(−d2+αv−2βv)
= αup(v)(d1−d2+2αv−2βv) +up(v)(d2−d1−2αv+2βv)
v (−d2+αv−2βv)
=up(v)(d1−d2+2αv−2βv) d2
v +2β
≥0,
we conclude that divh
(d1+αv)vp(v)∇w−wp(v)∇[(d2+βv)v]i>0 inΩ. (3.5) Now, let
Ωε ={x∈Ω|dist(x,∂Ω)>ε} for any smallε>0.
Since(u,v)∈ (C1(Ω)∩C2(Ω))2, we know thath
(d1+αv)vp(v)∇w−wp(v)∇[(d2+βv)v]i∈ C1(Ωε). Then it follows from divergence theorem that
Z
Ωdivh
(d1+αv)vp(v)∇w−wp(v)∇[(d2+βv)v]idx (3.6)
= lim
ε→0
Z
Ωε
div h
(d1+αv)vp(v)∇w−wp(v)∇[(d2+βv)v]idx
= lim
ε→0
Z
∂Ωε
h
(d1+αv)vp(v)∇w−wp(v)∇[(d2+βv)v]i·νdS
= lim
ε→0
Z
∂Ωε
(d1+αv)vp(v)∂w
∂ν −wp(v)∂[(d2+βv)v]
∂ν
dS
= lim
ε→0
Z
∂Ωε
"
∂w
∂νv
d2
d1(d1+αv)
2β−d2 d1α
α −βu∂v
∂νv
d2
d1(d1+αv)
2β−d2 d1α α
− u
v(d2+βv)∂v
∂νv
d2
d1(d1+αv)
2β−dd2 1α α
# dS , lim
ε→0(I1(ε) +I2(ε) +I3(ε)).
Obviously, I1(ε)and I2(ε)both tend to zero asε→0. To deal with the term I3(ε), we take V=
ϕ(x)∈C1(Ω)
ϕ|Ω>0, ϕ|∂Ω =0, ∂ϕ
∂ν ∂Ω <0
.
Then Hopf’s boundary lemma tells us that ∂u∂ν(x0) <0 and ∂v∂ν(x0) <0 for anyx0 ∈∂Ω, and thus u∈Vandv∈V. Define
g(x):=
u(x)
v(x), x∈Ω,
∂u(x)
∂ν
∂v(x)
∂ν , x∈∂Ω.
Then by applying Lemma 2.4 in [13], we get g(x) ∈ C Ω,(0,+∞). Therefore I3(ε) also approaches to zero asε→0.
As a result,R
Ωdivh
(d1+αv)vp(v)∇w−wp(v)∇[(d2+βv)v]idx =0 because of Lebesgue dominated convergence theorem and the boundary conditions in (1.2), which contradicts (3.5).
So either (u,v) = (0, 0), or only one of them is equal to zero. Whenv≡0, we have
−∆u+ 1
d1(b1u−a1)u=0, x∈Ω,
u=0, x∈∂Ω.
By Lemma 2.3, we can see (u,v) = (u∗, 0) if λd1 < da1
1. Similarly, if u ≡ 0 and λd1 < da2
2, then (u,v) = (0,v∗). This finishes the proof of the first part.
(ii) Now, we also assume that u 6≡ 0 and v 6≡ 0. Then an application of Proposition2.1 provides thatuandvare positive inΩ. Hence,
∆w
w < ∆[(d2+βv)v]
(d1+αv)v inΩ,
according to the hypotheses b1 <b2,c1< c2anda1 >a2, wherewis defined by (3.2).
Givend1 ≤d2 andα≤ β, we know that div
h
(d1+αv)vp(v)∇w−wp(v)∇[(d2+βv)v]i<0 inΩ, where p(v)is defined as in (i).
Furthermore, again by divergence theorem, we can prove that Z
Ωdivh
(d1+αv)vp(v)∇w−wp(v)∇[(d2+βv)v]idx =0,
a contradiction. By repeating the argument in (i), we complete the proof of Theorem3.1.
3.2 Neumann boundary conditions
In (3.6), if we consider Neumann boundary conditions, we can directly check that (3.6) equals to zero. Consequently, the following theorem is stated without proof.
Theorem 3.2. Suppose thatαi =0,βi > 0for i =1, 2and(u,v)is a nonnegative classical solution of (1.2). If
(i) b1> b2, c1 >c2, a1< a2, d1≥ d2 and α≥ β or
(ii) b1 <b2, c1<c2, a1 >a2, d1 ≤d2 and α≤β, then either(u,v)≡ (0, 0), or(u,v) = ab1
1, 0
, or(u,v) = 0,ac2
2
.
3.3 Robin boundary conditions
In this subsection, we consider the case in whichαi andβi (i=1, 2) are both positive.
Theorem 3.3. Letαi >0,βi >0for i=1, 2and(u,v)be a nonnegative classical solution of (1.2). If (i) b1 >b2, c1 >c2, a1< a2, d1 ≥d2,α≥β and α1
β1 ≥ α2 β2
or
(ii) b1 <b2, c1<c2, a1 >a2, d1 ≤d2,α≤β and α1 β1 ≤ α2
β2, then we have either
(u,v)≡(0, 0), or
(u,v) = (u∗∗, 0) if λ1(d1,a1,α1,β1)>0, or
(u,v) = (0,v∗∗) if λ1(d2,a2,α2,β2)>0.
Proof. We only prove (i), as (ii) can be proved in a same manner. According to the arguments of the proof of Theorem3.1, we can obtain from the hypothesisb1 >b2,c1 > c2,a1 < a2,d1 ≥ d2 andα≥βthat
divh
(d1+αv)vp(v)∇w−wp(v)∇[(d2+βv)v]i>0, where the function p(v)is introduced in (3.4).
We mention that ∂u∂ν =−α1
β1u,∂v∂ν =−α2
β2von ∂Ω. The boundary integral becomes that Z
Ωdivh
(d1+αv)vp(v)∇w−wp(v)∇[(d2+βv)v]idx
=
Z
∂Ωv
d2
d1(d1+αv)
2β−dd2 1α α
αu∂v
∂ν+ (d1+αv)∂u
∂ν −2βu∂v
∂ν−d2
u v
∂v
∂ν
dS
=
Z
∂Ωv
d2
d1(d1+αv)
2β−d2 d1α α
uv
2βα2
β2 −αα1 β1 −αα2
β2
+u
d2α2
β2 −d1α1 β1
dS
≤0,
due to d1 ≥ d2,α ≥ β and αβ1
1 ≥ αβ2
2, a contradiction. Thus, ifv = 0, we have(u,v) = (u∗∗, 0) whenλ1(d1,a1,α1,β1)>0. Similarly,(u,v) = (0,v∗∗)ifu = 0 andλ1(d2,a2,α2,β2) >0. This completes the proof.
Acknowledgements
The author would like to deeply appreciate Prof. Taishan Yi for valuable guidance and com- ments. And the author thanks the anonymous referee for her/his comments and suggestions.
Research was supported partially by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11971494).
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