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Analyticity of solutions to a multidimensional moving boundary problem modelling tumour growth

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 November 2011

Fujun Zhou
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510640, People's Republic of China (zhoufujunht@yahoo.com.cn)
Junde Wu
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, People's Republic of China (wjdmath@yahoo.com.cn)

Abstract

We consider the regularity of solutions to a multidimensional moving boundary problem modelling the growth of non-necrotic solid tumours. The model equations include two elliptic equations describing the concentration of a nutrient and the distribution of the internal pressure within the tumour, respectively, and a first-order partial differential equation governing the evolution of the moving boundary on which surface tension effects counteract the internal pressure. On account of the moving boundary and surface tension effects, this problem is a nonlinear problem involving non-local terms. By employing the functional analytic method and the theory of maximal regularity, we prove that the moving boundary is real analytic in temporal and spatial variables, even if the given initial data admit less regularity.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 2011

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