Positive solutions and dynamics of some reaction diffusion models in HIV transmission (Q4238340)

As a model for the transmision dynamics of the HIV virus in human populations, some system of the form \[ \partial u_i/ \partial t-D_i \Delta^2 u_i=f_i(x,u), \quad t>0,x\in\Omega, \] \[ \alpha_i\partial u_i/ \partial \nu_i+ \beta_iu_i=0,\;t>0,x\in \partial\Omega,\;u_i(0)=u_{i,0}(x),\;x\in\Omega, i=1, \dots,n \] is considered, where \(u=(u_1,\dots,u_n)\) represents the various populations groups, \(\Omega\) is a bounded domain in \(R^p\) with boundary \(\partial \Omega\), \(p=1,2,\dots\), and \(\partial/\partial\nu\) denotes the outward normal derivative on \(\partial\Omega\), \(D_i>0\), \(i=1,\dots,n\), and either \(\alpha_i=0\) and \(\beta_i=1\) (Dirichlet condition) or \(\alpha_i=1\) and \(\beta_i\geq 0\) (Neumann or Robin condition); the reaction function \(f(x,u)=(f_1(t,x), \dots, f_n(t,x))\) represents the interaction of the various population groups. The existence and uniqueness of a positive steady state solution, long time behavior of the time-dependent solution, in a case corresponding to a susceptible-infective model \((f(t,x)=f(u),n=2)\) and a case corresponding to a homosexual model \((f(t,x)=f(u),n=4)\) are studied; some numerical solutions are also given.