Linearized stability for a multi-dimensional free boundary problem modeling two-phase tumor growth

Abstract

This paper is concerned with a multi-dimensional free boundary problem modeling the growth of a tumor with two species of cells: proliferating cells and quiescent cells. This free boundary problem has a unique radial stationary solution. By using the Fourier expansion of functions on unit sphere via spherical harmonics, we establish some decay estimates for the solution of the linearized system of this tumor model at the radial stationary solution, so that proving that the radial stationary solution is linearly asymptotically stable when neglecting translations.