An integro-differential equation arising as a limit of individual cell-based models (Q818481)

This paper concerns the basic properties of the following integro-differential equation \[ \frac{\partial u}{\partial t}(x,t)=\frac{\partial} {\partial x}\left(u(x,t)\int_\mathbb{R} V(x-y)\frac{\partial u}{\partial y}(y,t)dy \right),\quad x\in\mathbb{R},\;t>0 \] with initial condition \[ u(x,0)=u_0(u),\quad x\in \mathbb{R}. \] The dynamics of the solutions depends on the form of function \(V\). Global well posedness for some classes of \(V\) and blow-up for others are proved. Existence of space homogeneous steady states and large time behaviour of the solutions are also investigated.