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We consider the so-called spatially homogenous Kolmogorov–Vicsek model, a non-linear Fokker–Planck equation of self-driven stochastic particles with orientation interaction under the space-homogeneity. We prove the global existence and uniqueness of weak solutions to the equation. We also show that weak solutions exponentially converge to a steady state, which has the form of the Fisher-von Mises distribution.
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Figalli, A., Kang, MJ. & Morales, J. Global Well-posedness of the Spatially Homogeneous Kolmogorov–Vicsek Model as a Gradient Flow. Arch Rational Mech Anal 227, 869–896 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00205-017-1176-2
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