Nonlocal diffusion equations (Q495178)

In this paper, the authors are concerned with the existence of solutions to nonlocal parabolic partial differential equations, in the sense of aiming to construct solutions that inherit a certain minimizing property. Such parabolic minimizers or variational solutions are advantageous since they are likely to possess better regularity properties due to their minimizing property. In this framework, the authors are able to give elementary proofs for the existence and uniqueness of gradient flows associated to functionals depending on nonlocal quantities. The model the authors have in mind is a nonlocal version of the parabolic \(p\)-Laplacian. It is worth noting that this approach also works in situations where the considered functionals do not allow the derivation of the associated Euler-Lagrange equation.