文摘
For the strongly coupled system of M ≥ 3 competing species: $$ - \Delta \left[ {\left( {{d_i} + \sum\limits_{j = 1}^M {{\beta _{ij}}{u_j}} } \right){u_j}} \right] = \left( {{a_i} - {b_i}} \right){u_i} - k{u_i}\sum\limits_{j \ne i} {{u_j}} ,\;i = 1, \ldots ,M,$$ we prove the uniqueness of the limiting configuration as k →∞ under suitable conditions. Moreover, we prove that the limiting configuration minimizes a variational problem associated to the strongly coupled system among the segregated states with the same boundary conditions.KeywordsStrongly coupled elliptic systemuniquenessspatial segregationSupported by PRC grant NSFC (Grant Nos. 11371310, 11401515)