On the Free Boundary Problem for the
Predator-Prey Model
Journal of Physics:
Conference Series
A.
Elmurodov,
Institute
of
Mathematics,
Tashkent,
Uzbekistan
100174,
Tashkent
city,
Olmazor
district,
University
46th
Street,
E-mail:
elmurodov8111@mail.ru,
Abstract.
In this article, we investigate the free boundary problem for the classical predator-
prey model with double free boundaries. This system mimics the spread of invasive or new
predator species, in which free boundaries represent the expanding fronts of predator species and
are described by the Stefan condition. For this system, the existence and uniqueness of solutions
is checked, and the behavior of positive solutions is also considered. A priori estimates for the
required functions are established. For this model, the dichotomy of spread and disappearance
has been proven.
Free boundary; Biological invasions; Predator-prey; Spreading-vanishing dichotomy.
1. Introduction
Migration
of
a
new
or
invasive
species
is
one
of
the
most
important
topics
in
mathematical
ecology.
Many
mathematicians
have
tried
to
develop
various
invasion
models
and
investigate
them
from
the
point
of
view
of
mathematical
ecology.
For
example,
in
[1-2],
population
models
with
a
free
reaction-diffusion
boundary
are
proposed
in
order
to
understand
the
process
of
creating
a
new
or
invasive
population.
In
fact,
the
spatial
distribution
of
prey
and
predator
is
not
uniform
within
a
fixed
bounded
areal,
so
it
is
more
realistic
to
introduce
reaction-diffusion
equations
to
describe
the
spatial
distribution
of
each
species.
H.W.
Yin
et
al.
Investigated
a
modified
Leslie-Gower
predator-prey
model
with
Crowley-Martin
functional
response
and
spatial
diffusion
under
uniform
Neumann
boundary
conditions
[3].
They
obtained
the
existence
of
a
global
positive
solution,
as
well
as
local
and
global
asymptotic
stability
of
constant
equilibria.
In
addition,
they
found
the
presence
and
absence
of
intermittent
positive
stable
states.
Our main goal is to investigate the long-term behavior of a predator-prey model with a
Leslie-Gower free boundary. In this article, we consider the following model:
To find functions
u
(
t, x
),
v
(
t, x
),
s
(
t
),
h
(
t
) in the domain (
D
⊂
Q
)
Q
=
{
(
t, x
) : 0
< t
≤
T,
−
L < x < L
}
, D
=
{
(
t, x
) : 0
< t
≤
T, h
(
t
)
< x < s
(
t
)
}
satisfying the conditions
u
t
−
u
xx
−
c
1
u
x
=
u
(1
−
u
)
−
v
u
u
+
m
,
(
t, x
)
∈
Q,
(1)
v
t
−
dv
xx
−
c
2
v
x
=
kv
1
−
bv
u
+
a
,
(
t, x
)
∈
D,
(2)
u
(0
, x
) =
u
0
(
x
)
,
−
L
≤
x
≤
L,
(3)
v
(0
, x
) =
v
0
(
x
)
,
−
s
0
≤
x
≤
s
0
,
(4)
u
x
(
t,
−
L
) =
u
(
t, L
) = 0
,
t >
0
,
(5)
v
(
t, h
(
t
)) =
v
(
t, s
(
t
)) = 0
t >
0
,
(6)
˙
s
(
t
) =
−
µv
x
(
t, s
(
t
))
,
t >
0
,
(7)
˙
h
(
t
) =
−
µv
x
(
t, h
(
t
))
,
t >
0
.
(8)
where - free (unknown) boundaries
h
(
t
)
, s
(
t
)
,
which represent the front of propagation, is
determined together with the functions
u
(
t, x
),
v
(
t, x
);
d
−
diffusion coefficient,
s
0
,
L
,
µ
,
m
,
c
i
(
i
= 1
,
2),
a
and
b
- are positive constants.
The initial data (
u
0
, v
0
) satisfy:
◦
i. u
0
(
x
)
∈
C
2+
α
[
−
L, L
]
, u
0
(
−
L
) = 0
, u
0
(
L
) = 0; 0
< u
0
(
x
)
< M
1
,
−
L
≤
x
≤
L
;
◦
ii. v
0
(
x
)
∈
C
2+
α
[
−
s
0
, s
0
]
, v
0
(
−
s
0
) = 0
, v
0
(
s
0
) = 0; 0
< v
0
(
x
)
< M
2
,
−
s
0
≤
x
≤
s
0
.
Here and in what follows,
M
will denote constants depending on the data of the problem. A
similar problem was studied in [4].
2. A priori estimates
In this section, we establish some a priori estimates of Schauder type that will be used to
prove the global solvability of the problem. At the same time, the principles of maximum and
comparison theorems are widely accepted.
There are various methods for obtaining a priori estimates. In this paper, we will apply the
method of obtaining a priori estimates proposed by S.N. Kruzhkov [5]. Therefore, we will adhere
to the notation adopted in [5].
Lemma 1.
Let
u
(
t, x
)
, v
(
t, x
)
, s
(
t
) be a solution to problem (1) - (8). Then
0
< u
(
t, x
)
≤
M
1
,
t >
0
,
¯
Q,
0
< v
(
t, x
)
≤
M
2
,
t >
0
,
¯
D,
0
<
˙
s
(
t
)
≤
M
3
,
0
<
˙
h
(
t
)
≤
M
4
,
t >
0
,
where
M
3
,
M
4
are constants depending on
µ,
d,
k,
M
1
,
M
2
.
We will establish H¨
older norm bounds
| · |
1+
α
and
| · |
2+
α
in ¯
D
and ¯
Q
.
For each equation of the system, we formulate the corresponding problem
u
xx
+
b
1
(
u, v, u
x
)
−
u
t
= 0
,
Q,
u
(0
, x
) =
u
0
(
x
)
,
−
L
≤
x
≤
L,
u
x
(
t,
−
L
) =
u
(
t, L
) = 0
,
0
≤
t
≤
T,
(9)
dv
xx
+
b
2
(
u, v, v
x
)
−
v
t
= 0
,
D,
v
(0
, x
) =
v
0
(
x
)
,
−
s
0
≤
x
≤
s
0
,
v
(
t, h
(
t
)) =
v
(
t, s
(
t
)) = 0
,
0
≤
t
≤
T,
˙
s
(
t
) =
−
µv
x
(
t, s
(
t
))
,
0
≤
t
≤
T,
˙
h
(
t
) =
−
µv
x
(
t, h
(
t
))
,
0
≤
t
≤
T,
(10)
where
b
1
(
u, v, u
x
) =
c
1
u
x
+
u
(1
−
u
)
−
v
u
u
+
m
, b
2
(
u, v, v
x
) =
c
2
v
x
+
kv
1
−
bv
u
+
a
.
Theorem 2.
Assume that
u
(
t, x
)
, u
x
(
t, x
) are continuous in
Q
T
and suppose that
u
(
x, t
)
is a solution for the problem (9). Then
|
u
x
(
t, x
)
| ≤
C
1
(
M
1
)
,
(
t, x
)
∈
¯
Q
T
.
(11)
Moreover, if the weak second derivatives
u
xx
, u
tx
are in
L
2
(
Q
T
), then there exists
α
=
α
(
M
1
, s
), such that
|
u
|
1+
α,Q
T
≤
C
2
(
M
1
, C
1
)
.
(12)
Additionally, assume that,
u
(
t, x
) satisfying (9) in ¯
Q
T
, is continuous with its derivatives
u
t
, u
x
, u
xx
and
|
u
|
2+
α,
¯
Q
T
<
∞
.
Then
|
u
|
2+
α,
¯
Q
T
≤
C
3
(
M
1
, C
1
, C
2
)
.
(13)
Proof:
The estimates (11)-(13) for (
t, x
)
∈
Q
are immediate consequences of the results
of [5].
In the case of problem (10), a priori estimates are constructed as follows. Estimates in
the interior of the domain are established as in the case of problem (9). Further, replacing
τ
=
t, y
=
2
x
s
(
τ
)
−
h
(
τ
)
−
s
(
τ
)+
h
(
τ
)
s
(
τ
)
−
h
(
τ
)
, we straighten out the boundary. Then domain
D
T
is mapped to
domain Ω =
{
(
τ, y
) : 0
< τ < T,
−
1
< y <
1
}
and for the function
w
(
τ, y
) =
v
(
τ, u, s
(
τ
)
, h
(
τ
)),
we obtain an equation with bounded coefficients and the right-hand side. By the results of
[5], we establish estimates for
|
w
y
|
,
|
w
|
1+
γ
up to the right boundary. Estimates for the highest
derivatives are obtained from the results for linear equations [6].
Now let us prove that the free boundaries do not cross the lateral boundaries in the considered
time interval. First, we get a new representation for the free boundary. Integrating (2) over
D
,
we obtain
t
Z
0
dη
s
(
η
)
Z
0
"
dv
ξ
+
1
2
m
2
v
2
ξ
−
v
η
#
dξ
+
k
t
Z
0
dη
s
(
η
)
Z
0
v
1
−
bv
u
+
a
dξ
= 0
.
We get
d
µ
(
s
(
t
)
−
h
(
t
)) =
s
0
Z
−
s
0
v
0
(
ξ
)
dξ
−
s
(
t
)
Z
h
(
t
)
v
(
t, ξ
)
dξ
+
k
t
Z
0
dη
s
(
η
)
Z
−
h
(
η
)
v
1
−
bv
u
+
a
dξ.
(14)
Theorem 3.
Let
u
(
t, x
),
v
(
t, x
),
s
(
t
),
h
(
t
) be a solution to (1)-(8). Then
g
(
t
)
< L,
where
g
(
t
) =
|
s
(
t
)
−
h
(
t
)
|
>
0.
Proof:
We use relation (9):
d
µ
g
(
t
) +
s
(
t
)
Z
h
(
t
)
v
(
t, ξ
)
dξ
−
k
t
Z
0
dη
s
(
η
)
Z
h
(
η
)
v
1
−
bv
u
+
a
dξ
=
s
0
Z
−
s
0
v
0
(
ξ
)
dξ.
Where
d
µ
g
(
t
)
−
k
t
Z
0
dη
s
(
η
)
Z
0
v
(
η, ξ
)
dξ
≤
K,
where
K
=
s
0
R
−
s
0
v
0
(
ξ
)
dξ
.
In the same way, taking into account the inequalities 0
≤
s
(
η
)
R
h
(
η
)
v
(
η, ξ
)
dξ
≤
M
2
(
s
(
η
)
−
h
(
η
))
,
d
µ
g
(
t
)
−
kM
2
t
Z
0
g
(
η
)
dη
≤
K,
we have
g
(
t
)
≤
m
+
n
t
Z
0
g
(
η
)
dη,
where
m
=
µK
d
, n
=
kµM
2
d
.
Then
g
(
t
) =
me
nt
< L,
0
< t
≤
T
=
1
n
ln
L
m
.
Theorem 3 is proved.
Lemma 4. (Comparison principle)
Let
u
(
t, x
),
v
(
t, x
),
s
(
t
),
h
(
t
)) - be a solution to
problem (1) - (8) with initial data (
u
0
(
x
),
v
0
(
x
)).
a)
Suppose that (
w
(
t, x
),
z
1
(
t
),
δ
1
(
t
)) satisfies
w
t
−
dw
xx
−
c
2
w
x
≥
kw
(1
−
bw
a
)
,
t >
0
,
δ
1
(
t
)
< x < z
1
(
t
)
,
w
(
t, z
1
(
t
)) = 0
, w
(
t, δ
1
(
t
)) = 0
,
t >
0
,
˙
z
1
(
t
)
≥ −
µw
x
(
t, z
1
(
t
))
,
t >
0
.
˙
δ
1
(
t
)
≤ −
µw
x
(
t, δ
1
(
t
))
,
t >
0
.
If
w
(0
, x
)
≥
v
0
(
x
) in [
−
L, L
] and
z
1
(0)
≥
s
(0)
,
δ
1
(0)
≤
h
(0)
,
then
•
z
1
(
t
)
≥
s
(
t
)
δ
1
(
t
)
≤
h
(
t
)
for
t
≥
0
,
•
w
(
t, x
)
≥
v
(
t, x
) for
x
∈
[
h
(
t
)
, s
(
t
)]
.
b)
Suppose that (
ϑ
(
t, x
)
, z
2
(
t
)
, δ
2
(
t
)) satisfies
ϑ
t
−
dϑ
xx
−
c
2
ϑ
x
≤
kϑ
(1
−
bϑ
M
1
+
a
)
t >
0
δ
2
(
t
)
< x < z
2
(
t
)
,
ϑ
(
t, δ
2
(
t
)) = 0
, ϑ
(
t, z
2
(
t
)) = 0
,
t >
0
,
z
2
(
t
)
≤ −
µϑ
x
(
t, z
2
(
t
))
,
δ
2
(
t
)
≥ −
µϑ
x
(
t, δ
2
(
t
))
, t >
0
.
If
ϑ
(0
, x
)
≤
v
0
(
x
) in [
−
L, L
],
z
2
(0)
≤
s
(0)
,
δ
2
(0)
≥
h
(0)
,
then
•
z
2
(
t
)
≤
s
(
t
)
δ
2
(
t
)
≥
h
(
t
)
for
t
≥
0.
•
ϑ
(
t, x
)
≤
v
(
t, x
) for
x
∈
[
h
(
t
)
, s
(
t
)]
.
3. Some qualitative properties of solutions
Theorem 5.
Let
u
(
t, x
),
v
(
t, x
),
s
(
t
),
h
(
t
) be a solution to problem (1) - (8). If
s
∞
> L
,
then
lim
t
→
+
∞
sup u
(
t, x
)
≤
¯
u
(
x
);
lim
t
→
+
∞
sup u
(
t, x
)
≥
u
(
x
);
lim
t
→
+
∞
sup v
(
t, x
)
≤
¯
v
(
x
);
lim
t
→
+
∞
sup v
(
t, x
)
≥
v
(
x
)
.
where ¯
u
(
x
),
u
(
x
), ¯
v
(
x
),
v
(
x
) upper and lower solutions to the problem.
Theorem 6.
Let
u
(
t, x
),
v
(
t, x
),
s
(
t
),
h
(
t
) be a solution to problem (1) - (8). If
s
∞
< L
,
then lim
t
→
+
∞
sup u
(
t,
·
)
≥
¯
u
(
x
) for
x
∈
[
−
L, L
] and lim
t
→
+
∞
sup
k
v
(
t,
·
)
k
C
[
h
(
t
)
,s
(
t
)]
= 0
.
4. Uniqueness and existence of a solution
Let’s use the representations for the unknown boundary (14).
Theorem 7.
Let conditions
i.
-
ii
hold., Lemma 1 and Theorem 2. Then the solution to
problem (1) - (8) is unique.
Proof:
We first establish the result for smaller values of
t
, and then extend the proof to the
general case of 0
< t <
∞
.
Assume that
s
1
(
t
)
, h
1
(
t
)
, u
1
(
x, t
)
, v
1
(
x, t
) and
s
2
(
t
)
, h
2
(
t
)
, u
2
(
x, t
)
, v
2
(
x, t
) are the solutions of
the problem (14) and let
y
1
(
t
) = max(
h
1
(
t
)
, h
2
(
t
))
,
y
2
(
t
) = min(
h
1
(
t
)
, h
2
(
t
))
,
z
1
(
t
) = max(
s
1
(
t
)
, s
2
(
t
))
,
z
2
(
t
) = min(
s
1
(
t
)
, s
2
(
t
))
.
Then each pair satisfies the identity (14).
Subtracting, we obtain that
d
µ
(
g
1
(
t
)
−
g
2
(
t
))
−
(
h
1
(
t
)
−
h
2
(
t
))
≤
z
2
(
t
)
Z
y
1
(
t
)
(
v
1
(
t, ξ
)
−
v
2
(
t, ξ
))
dξ
+
y
1
(
t
)
Z
y
2
(
t
)
v
i
(
ξ, t
)
dξ
+
µ
z
1
(
t
)
Z
z
2
(
t
)
v
i
(
ξ, t
)
dξ
+
+
t
Z
0
dη
z
2
(
η
)
Z
y
1
(
η
)
(
f
(
u
1
, v
1
)
−
f
(
u
2
, v
2
))
dξ
+
t
Z
0
dη
z
1
(
η
)
Z
z
2
(
η
)
f
(
u
i
, v
i
)
dξ
+
t
Z
0
dη
y
1
(
η
)
Z
y
2
(
η
)
f
(
u
i
, v
i
)
dξ,
(15)
where
f
(
u
i
, v
i
) =
v
i
1
−
bv
i
u
i
+
a
are the solution between
y
i
(
t
) and
z
i
(
t
)(
i
= 1
,
2), i..,
(
u
i
(
t, x
)
, v
i
(
t, x
)) =
(
u
1
(
t, x
)
, v
1
(
t, x
))
,
h
2
, s
2
< h
1
, s
1
,
(
u
2
(
t, x
)
, v
2
(
t, x
))
,
h
2
, s
2
> h
1
, s
1
.
From Lemma 1, we have that
|
v
1
(
t, y
1
(
t
))
−
v
2
(
t, y
1
(
t
))
| ≤
M
5
|
h
1
(
t
)
−
h
2
(
t
)
|
,
|
v
1
(
t, z
2
(
t
))
−
v
2
(
t, z
2
(
t
))
| ≤
M
5
|
s
1
(
t
)
−
s
2
(
t
)
|
,
where
M
5
= max
D
|
v
x
(
t, x
)
|
.
Considering the difference
U
(
t, x
) =
u
1
(
t, x
)
−
u
2
(
t, x
),
V
(
t, x
) =
v
1
(
t, x
)
−
v
2
(
t, x
), we obtain
an equation with bounded coefficients and the problems
U
t
−
U
xx
−
c
1
U
x
−
d
1
(
·
)
U
=
F
1
(
·
)
V, Q,
U
(0
, x
) = 0
,
−
L
≤
x
≤
L,
U
x
(
t,
−
L
) =
U
(
t, L
) = 0
,
0
≤
t
≤
T,
(16)
V
t
−
dV
xx
c
2
(
·
)
V
x
−
d
1
(
·
)
V
=
F
2
(
·
)
U, D,
V
(0
, x
) = 0
,
−
s
0
≤
x
≤
s
0
, ,
V
(
t, y
2
(
t
))
≤
M
7
max
0
≤
η
≤
t
|
h
1
(
η
)
−
h
2
(
η
)
|
,
0
≤
t
≤
T,
V
(
t, z
2
(
t
))
≤
M
7
max
0
≤
η
≤
t
|
s
1
(
η
)
−
s
2
(
η
)
|
,
0
≤
t
≤
T,
(17)
where
b
i
, c
i
,
F
i
(
i
= 1
,
2) limited and continuous functions.
From the problem (16), (17), by the maximum principle, we find the estimates
|
U
(
t, x
)
| ≤
N
3
max
Q
|
V
(
t, x
)
|
,
|
V
(
t, x
)
| ≤
N
4
max
0
≤
η
≤
t
|
s
1
(
η
)
−
s
2
(
η
)
|
+ max
0
≤
η
≤
t
|
h
1
(
η
)
−
h
2
(
η
)
|
+
N
4
max
Q
|
U
(
t, x
)
|
.
By virtue of the established estimates for the functions
u
(
t, x
),
v
(
t, x
),
s
(
t
),
h
(
t
) can evaluate
members from (15).
Further, using the ideas and results of [7], the proof of the theorem is completed.
Theorem 8.
Let the conditions of Lemma 1 and Theorems 5 be satisfied. Then there exists
a solution
u
(
x, t
)
∈
C
2+
γ
¯
D
T
,
v
(
x, t
)
∈
C
2+
γ
¯
Q
T
,
s
(
t
)
∈
C
1+
γ
([0
, T
]),
h
(
t
)
∈
C
1+
γ
([0
, T
]) of
problem (1) - (8).
To prove the existence of a solution to problem (1) - (8), we use the Leray Schauder theorem
[6].
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