Nonconvex gradient flow in the Wasserstein metric and applications to constrained nonlocal interactions

DOI10.1112/PLMS.12005zbMATH Open1375.35552arXiv1512.07255OpenAlexW2339291042MaRDI QIDQ5357201FDOQ5357201

Authors: Katy Craig 

Publication date: 14 September 2017

Published in: Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Over the past fifteen years, the theory of Wasserstein gradient flows of convex (or, more generally, semiconvex) energies has led to advances in several areas of partial differential equations and analysis. In this work, we extend the well-posedness theory for Wasserstein gradient flows to energies satisfying a more general criterion for uniqueness, motivated by the Osgood criterion for ordinary differential equations. We also prove the first quantitative estimates on convergence of the discrete gradient flow or "JKO scheme" outside of the semiconvex case. We conclude by applying these results to study the well-posedness of constrained nonlocal interaction energies, which have arisen in recent work on biological chemotaxis and congested aggregation.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1512.07255

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zbMATH Keywords

Wasserstein gradient flows

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational methods applied to PDEs (35A15) PDEs in connection with statistical mechanics (35Q82) PDEs in connection with biology, chemistry and other natural sciences (35Q92) Iterative procedures involving nonlinear operators (47J25) Nonlinear evolution equations (47J35) Cell movement (chemotaxis, etc.) (92C17)

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