Abstract
In this paper, we are concerned with the asymptotic behavior of
solutions to the Cauchy problem (or initial-boundary value problem) of
one-dimensional Keller-Segel model. For the Cauchy problem, we prove
that the solutions time-asymptotically converge to the nonlinear
diffusion wave whose profile is self-similar solution to the
corresponding parabolic equation, which is derived by Darcy’s law, as in
[11, 28]. For the initial-boundary value problem, we consider two
cases: Dirichlet boundary condition and null-Neumann boundary condition
on (u, ρ). In the case of Dirichlet boundary condition, similar to the
Cauchy problem, the asymptotic profile is still the self similar
solution of the corresponding parabolic equation, which is derived by
Darcy’s law, thus we only need to deal with boundary effect. In the case
of null-Neumann boundary condition, the global existence and asymptotic
behavior of solutions near constant steady states are established. The
proof is based on the elementary energy method and some delicate
analysis of the corresponding asymptotic profiles.