Convergence of Reflected Langevin Diffusion for Constrained Sampling
Probability
2026-01-22 v2 Statistics Theory
Statistics Theory
Abstract
We examine the Langevin diffusion confined to a closed, convex domain , represented as a reflected stochastic differential equation. We introduce a sequence of penalized stochastic differential equations and prove that their invariant measures converge, in Wasserstein-2 distance and with explicit polynomial rate, to the invariant measure of the reflected Langevin diffusion. We also analyze a time-discretization of the penalized process obtained via the Euler-Maruyama scheme and demonstrate the convergence to the original constrained measure. These results provide a rigorous approximation framework for reflected Langevin dynamics in both continuous and discrete time.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2512.00386,
title = {Convergence of Reflected Langevin Diffusion for Constrained Sampling},
author = {Tarika Mane and Amine Boukardagha},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.00386},
year = {2026}
}