# A result on the existence and uniqueness of stationary solutions for a bioconvective flow model

@article{Coronel2017ARO,
title={A result on the existence and uniqueness of stationary solutions for a bioconvective flow model},
author={An{\'i}bal Coronel and Luis Friz and Ian Hess and Alexis Tello},
journal={arXiv: Analysis of PDEs},
year={2017}
}
In this note we prove the existence and uniqueness of weak solutions for the boundary value problem modelling the stationary case of the bioconvective flow problem introduced by Tuval et. al. (2005, {\it PNAS} 102, 2277--2282). We derive some appropriate a priori estimates for the weak solution, which implies the existence, by application of Gossez theorem, and the uniqueness by standard methodology of comparison of two arbitrary solutions.

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