Equivalence of gradient flows and entropy solutions for singular nonlocal interaction equations in 1D

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DOI10.1051/COCV/2014032zbMATH Open1316.35077arXiv1310.4110OpenAlexW2033141781MaRDI QIDQ5250293FDOQ5250293

J. A. Carrillo, Mark A. Peletier, Giovanni A. Bonaschi, Marco Di Francesco

Publication date: 19 May 2015

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

Abstract: We prove the equivalence between the notion of Wasserstein gradient flow for a one-dimensional nonlocal transport PDE with attractive/repulsive Newtonian potential on one side, and the notion of entropy solution of a Burgers-type scalar conservation law on the other. The solution of the former is obtained by spatially differentiating the solution of the latter. The proof uses an intermediate step, namely the L2 gradient flow of the pseudo-inverse distribution function of the gradient flow solution. We use this equivalence to provide a rigorous particle-system approximation to the Wasserstein gradient flow, avoiding the regularization effect due to the singularity in the repulsive kernel. The abstract particle method relies on the so-called wave-front-tracking algorithm for scalar conservation laws. Finally, we provide a characterization of the sub-differential of the functional involved in the Wasserstein gradient flow.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1310.4110




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