Evolution equations on co-evolving graphs: long-time behaviour and the graph continuity equation
Abstract
We focus on evolution equations on co-evolving, infinite, graphs and establish a rigorous link with a class of nonlinear continuity equations, whose vector fields depend on the graphs considered. More precisely, weak solutions of the so-called graph-continuity equation are shown to be the push-forward of their initial datum through the flow map solving the associated characteristics' equation, which depends on the co-evolving graph considered. This connection can be used to prove contractions in a suitable distance, although the flow on the graphs requires a too limiting assumption on the overall flux. Therefore, we consider upwinding dynamics on graphs with pointwise and monotonic velocity and prove long-time convergence of the solutions towards the uniform mass distribution.
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@article{arxiv.2504.10446,
title = {Evolution equations on co-evolving graphs: long-time behaviour and the graph continuity equation},
author = {José Antonio Carrillo and Antonio Esposito and László Mikolás},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.10446},
year = {2025}
}