On the stability of the state 1 in the non-local Fisher-KPP equation in bounded domains (Q1636156)

This paper deals with the non-local Fisher-KPP [\textit{A. Kolmogoroff} et al., Bull. Univ. État Moscou, Sér. Int., Sect. A: Math. et Mécan. 1, Fasc. 6, 1--25 (1937; Zbl 0018.32106)], equation \[ \frac{\partial u}{\partial t}(t,x)= \mu\bigg(1-\int_{\Omega}K(x,y) u(t,y)dy\bigg)u(t,x)+\Delta u(t,x),\;x\in \Omega,\;t>0, \] with Neumann boundary conditions \[ \frac{\partial u}{\partial n}(t,x)=0,\;x\in\partial\Omega,\;t>0, \] and the initial condition \[ u(0,x)=u^0(x)\geq 0,\;x\in\Omega, \] where \(\Omega \) is a regular bounded domain of \(\mathbb R^d\) and the kernel \(K\) is a Lipschitz continuous function on \(\bar{\Omega}\times \bar{\Omega}.\) The main assumptions on the kernel \(K\) are \[ \int_{\Omega} K(x,y)dy=1,\;\forall x\in\Omega \] and \[ \int_{\Omega\times\Omega} K(x,y)f(x) f(y) dx\;dy\geq 0,\;\;\forall f\in L^2(\Omega). \] Then it is proved (Theorem 1) that, if \(u_0 \in L^1(\Omega)\) with \(u_0\geq 0\) and \(u_0\not=0\), the solution to the above problem satisfies \(u(t,\overset{.}{~})\longrightarrow\;1,\) uniformly in \(\Omega\). The proof is based on a suitable Lyapunov function.