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A gradient flow for the Porous Medium Equations with Dirichlet boundary conditions

Analysis of PDEs 2025-05-30 v3 Optimization and Control

Abstract

We consider the gradient flow structure of the porous medium equations with non-negative constant Dirichlet boundary conditions. We construct weak solutions to the equations via the minimizing movement scheme by considering an entropy functional with respect to Wb2Wb_2 distance, which is a modified Wasserstein distance introduced by Figalli and Gigli [J. Math. Pures Appl. 94, (2010), pp. 107-130]. Furthermore, the constructed solutions are characterized as curves of maximal slope in a suitable sense.

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@article{arxiv.2212.06092,
  title  = {A gradient flow for the Porous Medium Equations with Dirichlet boundary conditions},
  author = {Dongkwang Kim and Dowan Koo and Geuntaek Seo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.06092},
  year   = {2025}
}

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Revised version; 23 pages