Nonlocal cross-diffusion systems for multi-species populations and networks

Nonlocal cross-diffusion systems on the torus, arising in population dynamics and neuroscience, are analyzed. The global existence of weak solutions, the weak-strong uniqueness, and the localization limit are proved. The kernels are assumed to be in detailed balance. The proofs are based on entropy estimates coming from Shannon-type and Rao-type entropies, while the weak-strong uniqueness result follows from the relative entropy method. The existence and uniqueness theorems hold for nondifferentiable, only integrable kernels. The associated local cross-diffusion system, derived in the localization limit, is also discussed. (C) 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd.