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Numerical simulation of chemotactic bacteria aggregation via mixedfinite elements

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 November 2003

Americo Marrocco*
Affiliation:
Inria, Domaine de Voluceau, Rocquencourt, BP 105, 78153 Le Chesnay, France. Americo.Marrocco@requin.inria.fr.
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Abstract

We start from a mathematical model which describes the collective motion of bacteria taking into account the underlying biochemistry. This model was first introduced by Keller-Segel [13]. A new formulation of the system of partial differential equations is obtained by the introduction of a new variable (this new variable is similar to the quasi-Fermi level in the framework of semiconductor modelling). This new system of P.D.E. is approximated via a mixed finite element technique. The solution algorithm is then described and finally we give some preliminary numerical results. Especially our method is well adapted to compute the concentration of bacteria.

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