Generalized solution and eventual smoothness in a logarithmic Keller–Segel system for criminal activities

Abstract

This paper focuses on a simplified variant of the Short et al. model, which is originally introduced by Rodríguez, and consists of a system of two coupled reaction–diffusion-like equations — one of which models the spatio-temporal evolution of the density of criminals and the other of which describes the dynamics of the attractiveness field. Such model is apparently comparable to the logarithmic Keller–Segel model for aggregation with the signal production and the cell proliferation and death. However, it is surprising that in the two-dimensional setting, the model shares some essential ingredients with the classical logarithmic Keller–Segel model with signal absorption rather than that with signal production, due to its special mechanism of proliferation and death for criminals. Precisely, it indicates that for all reasonably regular initial data, the corresponding initial-boundary value problem possesses a global generalized solution which is akin to that established for the classical logarithmic Keller–Segel system with signal absorption; however, it is different from the generalized framework for the counterpart with signal production. Furthermore, it demonstrates that such generalized solution becomes bounded and smooth at least eventually, and the long-time asymptotic behaviors of such solution are discussed as well.