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Convergence of a particle method for diffusive gradient flows in one dimension

Analysis of PDEs 2017-06-09 v4

Abstract

We prove the convergence of a particle method for the approximation of diffusive gradient flows in one dimension. This method relies on the discretisation of the energy via non-overlapping balls centred at the particles and preserves the gradient flow structure at the particle level. The strategy of the proof is based on an abstract result for the convergence of curves of maximal slope in metric spaces.

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@article{arxiv.1605.08086,
  title  = {Convergence of a particle method for diffusive gradient flows in one dimension},
  author = {J. A. Carrillo and F. S. Patacchini and P. Sternberg and G. Wolansky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1605.08086},
  year   = {2017}
}

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In this updated version we have corrected a few misprints. 28 pages, 1 figure

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