A system of parabolic-hyperbolic equations with a non-local boundary condition, arising in mathematical theory of epidemics, is analyzed. For such a system, well-posedness as well as Sobolev regularity with respect to the space variables is proved. Asymptotic behavior of the solutions is also investigated.
The modelLet V ⊂ R n be an open and bounded set with regular boundary and let denote the Laplace operator in V . This paper deals with the following problem: givenwhere D ν denotes the exterior normal derivative on . Here, m, q : (0, T ) × (0, α) × V → R + and v : (0, T ) × V → R + are measurable functions satisfying suitable assumptions, which will be specified in Sect. 2. Furthermore, δ S , δ i and δ R are positive constants, denoting the diffusion coefficients. Problems of this kind occur in the study of some mathematical models of epidemics, the so-called SIR models, where S and R specify the space structure at time t of susceptible (not infected) population and removed (permanently immune) population, (2000): Primary 35K70; Secondary 35K90, 92A15
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