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Hydrodynamic limit of gradient exclusion processes with conductances

Probability 2009-11-13 v1 Analysis of PDEs

Abstract

Fix a strictly increasing right continuous with left limits function W:\bbR\bbRW: \bb R \to \bb R and a smooth function Φ:[l,r]\bbR\Phi : [l,r] \to \bb R, defined on some interval [l,r][l,r] of \bbR\bb R, such that 0<bΦb10<b \le \Phi'\le b^{-1}. We prove that the evolution, on the diffusive scale, of the empirical density of exclusion processes, with conductances given by WW, is described by the weak solutions of the non-linear differential equation tρ=(d/dx)(d/dW)Φ(ρ)\partial_t \rho = (d/dx)(d/dW) \Phi(\rho). We derive some properties of the operator (d/dx)(d/dW)(d/dx)(d/dW) and prove uniqueness of weak solutions of the previous non-linear differential equation.

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@article{arxiv.0806.3211,
  title  = {Hydrodynamic limit of gradient exclusion processes with conductances},
  author = {Tertuliano Franco and Claudio Landim},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0806.3211},
  year   = {2009}
}
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