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In this paper we study an existing mathematical model of tumour encapsulation comprising two reaction-convection-diffusion equations for tumour-cell and connective-tissue densities. The existence of travelling-wave solutions has previously been shown in certain parameter regimes, corresponding to a connective tissue wave which moves in concert with an advancing front of the tumour cells. We extend these results by constructing novel classes of travelling waves for parameter regimes not previously treated asymptotically; we term these singular because they do not correspond to regular trajectories of the corresponding ODE system. Associated with this singularity is a number of further (inner) asymptotic regions in which the dynamics is not governed by the travelling-wave formulation, but which we also characterise.

Original publication

DOI

10.3934/dcds.2009.25.195

Type

Journal article

Journal

Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems

Publication Date

01/09/2009

Volume

25

Pages

195 - 230