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A quantitative theory for the continuity equation

Analysis of PDEs 2017-01-30 v3

Abstract

In this work, we provide stability estimates for the continuity equation with Sobolev vector fields. The results are inferred from contraction estimates for certain logarithmic Kantorovich--Rubinstein distances. As a by-product, we obtain a new proof of uniqueness in the DiPerna--Lions setting. The novelty in the proof lies in the fact that it is not based on the theory of renormalized solutions.

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@article{arxiv.1602.02931,
  title  = {A quantitative theory for the continuity equation},
  author = {Christian Seis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1602.02931},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

Final version, includes optimality result. Accepted for publication in Annales IHP

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