JKO estimates in linear and non-linear Fokker-Planck equations, and Keller-Segel: \(L^p\) and Sobolev bounds (Q2693542)

Summary: We analyze some parabolic PDEs with different drift terms which are gradient flows in the Wasserstein space and consider the corresponding discrete-in-time JKO scheme. We prove with optimal transport techniques how to control the \(L^p\) and \(L^{\infty}\) norms of the iterated solutions in terms of the previous norms, essentially recovering well-known results obtained on the continuous-in-time equations. Then we pass to higher-order results, and in particular to some specific BV and Sobolev estimates, where the JKO scheme together with the so-called ``five gradients inequality'' allows us to recover some estimates that can be deduced from the Bakry-Émery theory for diffusion operators, but also to obtain some novel ones, in particular for the Keller-Segel chemotaxis model.