Well-posedness of a model of point dynamics for a limit of the Keller-Segel system (Q703818)

The paper deals with a nonlinear system of parabolic equations, considered in the plane \(\mathbb R^2\), having singularities in a finite set of moving points \(x_1(t), \dots, x_n(t)\). This system describes the dynamics of a set of points and has been derived in the author`s earlier paper [SIAM J. Appl Math. 64, 1198--1223 (2004; Zbl 1058.35021)]. The main purpose of the paper under review is to prove that the solutions are well-posed locally in time. The method is based on obtaining some a priori estimates and using the fixed point theorem.