Nonlinear diffusion equations with variable coefficients as gradient flows in Wasserstein spaces

DOI10.1051/cocv:2008044zbMath1178.35201WikidataQ125877690 ScholiaQ125877690MaRDI QIDQ5192132

Stefano Lisini

Publication date: 4 August 2009

Published in: ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/244645

zbMATH Keywords

asymptotic behavior; parabolic equations; nonlinear diffusion equations; Wasserstein distance; gradient flows; variable coefficient parabolic equations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

35B40: Asymptotic behavior of solutions to PDEs

35K55: Nonlinear parabolic equations

35K15: Initial value problems for second-order parabolic equations

Related Items

Convergence to equilibrium in Wasserstein distance for Fokker-Planck equations, Uniform convergence to equilibrium for granular media

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