The role of a strong confining potential in a nonlinear Fokker-Planck equation
We show that solutions of nonlinear nonlocal Fokker--Planck equations in a bounded domain with no-flux boundary conditions can be approximated by Cauchy problems with increasingly strong confining potentials defined in the whole space. Two different approaches are analyzed, making crucial use of uni...
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2019
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| author | Alasio, L Bruna, M |
| author_facet | Alasio, L Bruna, M |
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| description | We show that solutions of nonlinear nonlocal Fokker--Planck equations in a
bounded domain with no-flux boundary conditions can be approximated by Cauchy
problems with increasingly strong confining potentials defined in the whole
space. Two different approaches are analyzed, making crucial use of uniform
estimates for $L^2$ energy functionals and free energy (or entropy) functionals
respectively. In both cases, we prove that the weak formulation of the problem
in a bounded domain can be obtained as the weak formulation of a limit problem
in the whole space involving a suitably chosen sequence of large confining
potentials. The free energy approach extends to the case degenerate diffusion. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:37801e67-2c67-40bf-9f91-0d5d6fa6f5a32022-03-26T13:44:25ZThe role of a strong confining potential in a nonlinear Fokker-Planck equationJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:37801e67-2c67-40bf-9f91-0d5d6fa6f5a3EnglishSymplectic ElementsElsevier2019Alasio, LBruna, MWe show that solutions of nonlinear nonlocal Fokker--Planck equations in a bounded domain with no-flux boundary conditions can be approximated by Cauchy problems with increasingly strong confining potentials defined in the whole space. Two different approaches are analyzed, making crucial use of uniform estimates for $L^2$ energy functionals and free energy (or entropy) functionals respectively. In both cases, we prove that the weak formulation of the problem in a bounded domain can be obtained as the weak formulation of a limit problem in the whole space involving a suitably chosen sequence of large confining potentials. The free energy approach extends to the case degenerate diffusion. |
| spellingShingle | Alasio, L Bruna, M The role of a strong confining potential in a nonlinear Fokker-Planck equation |
| title | The role of a strong confining potential in a nonlinear Fokker-Planck equation |
| title_full | The role of a strong confining potential in a nonlinear Fokker-Planck equation |
| title_fullStr | The role of a strong confining potential in a nonlinear Fokker-Planck equation |
| title_full_unstemmed | The role of a strong confining potential in a nonlinear Fokker-Planck equation |
| title_short | The role of a strong confining potential in a nonlinear Fokker-Planck equation |
| title_sort | role of a strong confining potential in a nonlinear fokker planck equation |
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