Global boundedness of a chemotaxis model with logistic growth and general indirect signal production (Q2235920)

In this paper, the authors consider the solutions to the following chemotaxis-growth systems with signal production \[ \begin{cases} \begin{aligned} u_t &= \Delta u - \nabla \cdot (u \nabla v_1) + \mu (u - u^\alpha), \\ v_{1,t} &= \Delta v_1 - v_1 + v_2, \\ v_{2,t} &= \Delta v_2 - v_2 + v_3, \\ &\cdots \\ v_{k,t} &= \Delta v_k - v_k + u, \qquad x \in \Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^n,\ t > 0, \end{aligned} \\ \partial_\nu u=\partial_\nu v_1=\dots=\partial_\nu v_k=0,\\ u(x,0)=u_0(x),\ v_i(x,0)=v_{i,0}(x),\ i=1,2,\dots,k. \end{cases} \] The bounded domain \(\Omega\) is in \(n\)-dimension space. The main result is that, if \(\alpha > \min \{2, \max \{1, \frac{n+2}{2k}\} \}\), then the solutions are globally bounded. The heat semigroup estimates on the bounded domain obtained in [\textit{M. Winkler}, J. Differ. Equations 248, No. 12, 2889--2905 (2010; Zbl 1190.92004)] are applied. The authors can control the chemical gradient \(\nabla v_1\) and obtain global boundedness through detailed analysis.