On a generalized volume-filling chemotaxis system with nonlinear signal production (Q2143276)

The article considers a generalization of the parabolic-elliptic chemotaxis system \[ \begin{cases} u_t = \nabla \cdot((1+u)^{-m}\nabla u) - \nabla \cdot(u(1+u)^{q-1}\nabla v)\\ 0 = \Delta v + (1+u)^{\kappa} - \frac1{|\Omega|}\int_\Omega (1+u)^{\kappa} \end{cases} \] in smooth bounded domains \(\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^n\) and under homogeneous Neumann boundary conditions. It is shown that solutions emanating from nonnegative \(C^1\) initial data are global and bounded if \[ m+\kappa+q < \frac{n+2}{n}, \] whereas if \(\Omega=B_R\) and \[ \kappa+q>\frac{n+2}{n}\quad (m\ge 0) \quad \text{ or } \quad m+\kappa+q > \frac{n+2}{n} \quad (m<0), \] then radially symmetric initial data leading to finite-time blow-up can be found. The blow-up proof is based on a study of the behaviour of \[ \Phi(t)=\int_0^{s_0} s^{-\alpha} (s_0-s) w(s,t) ds \] for \[ w(s,t)= n \int_0^{s^{\frac{1}{n}}} \rho^{n-1} u(\rho,t) d\rho \] in the tradition of \textit{W. Jäger} and \textit{S. Luckhaus} [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 329, No. 2, 819--824 (1992; Zbl 0746.35002)] and \textit{M. Winkler} [Z. Angew. Math. Phys. 69, No. 2, Paper No. 40, 25 p. (2018; Zbl 1395.35048)].