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To study the reflecting diffusion processes on manifolds with boundary, some new curvature operators are introduced by using the Bakry-Emery curvature and the second fundamental form. As applications, the gradient estimates, log-Harnack…

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The~numerical solutions to a non-linear Fractional Fokker--Planck (FFP) equation are studied estimating the generalized diffusion coefficients. The~aim is to model anomalous diffusion using an FFP description with fractional velocity…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2018-10-08 Johan Anderson , Sara Moradi , Tariq Rafiq

We present a Master Equation formulation based on a Markovian random walk model that exhibits sub-diffusion, classical diffusion and super-diffusion as a function of a single parameter. The non-classical diffusive behavior is generated by…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2013-09-19 James F. Lutsko , Jean Pierre Boon

The solution to nonlinear Fokker-Planck equation is constructed in terms of the minimal Markov semigroup generated by the equation. The semigroup is obtained by a purely functional analytical method via Hille-Yosida theorem. The existence…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Hong Qian , Min Qian , Xiang Tang

We prove the $L_p$ Poincar\'e inequalities with constant $C\sqrt{p}$ for $1$-cocycles on countable discrete groups under Bakry--Emery's $\Gamma_2$-criterion. These inequalities determine an analogue of subgaussian behavior for 1-cocycles.…

Probability · Mathematics 2017-05-17 Marius Junge , Qiang Zeng

A nonlinear Fokker-Planck equation that arises in the framework of statistical mechanics based on the Sharma-Taneja-Mittal entropy is studied via Lie symmetry analysis. The equation describes kinetic processes in anomalous mediums where…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-04-03 Winter Sinkala

We investigate the dissipativity properties of a class of scalar second order parabolic partial differential equations with time-dependent coefficients. We provide explicit condition on the drift term which ensure that the relative entropy…

Probability · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Jean-François Collet , Florent Malrieu

For a contraction $C_0$-semigroup on a separable Hilbert space, the decay rate is estimated by using the weak Poincar\'e inequalities for the symmetric and anti-symmetric part of the generator. As applications, non-exponential convergence…

Probability · Mathematics 2017-03-16 Martin Grothaus , Feng-Yu Wang

As a continuation to \cite{MRW} where the Poincar\'e and log-Sobolev inequalities were studied for the sticky-reflected Brownian motion on Riemannian manifolds with boundary, this paper establishes the super and weak Poincar\'e inequalities…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-08-27 Feng-Yu Wang

We consider new connections between the problem of trend to equilibrium for the n-dimensional Fokker--Planck equation of statistical physics, and weighted Poincar\'e inequality. To this aim we consider a class of n-dimensional…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-11-18 G. Furioli , A. Pulvirenti , E. Terraneo , G. Toscani

We obtain new exact classes of solutions for the nonlinear fractional Fokker-Planck-like equation partial_t rho = partial_x{D(x) partial^{mu -1}_x rho^{nu} - F(x) rho} by considering a diffusion coefficient D = D|x|^{-theta} (theta in R and…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-07 E. K. Lenzi , L. C. Malacarne , R. S. Mendes , I. T. Pedron

We consider Gagliardo-Nirenberg inequalities on the sphere which interpolate between the Poincar\'e inequality and the Sobolev inequality, and include the logarithmic Sobolev inequality as a special case. We establish explicit stability…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-01-24 Giovanni Brigati , Jean Dolbeault , Nikita Simonov

Motivated by recent work on approximation of diffusion equations by deterministic interacting particle systems, we develop a nonlocal approximation for a range of linear and nonlinear diffusion equations and prove convergence of the method…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-04-05 Katy Craig , Matt Jacobs , Olga Turanova

We study the asymptotic behavior of Fokker-Planck equations with spatially inhomogeneous nonlinear diffusion, based on the energy dissipation law. First, we consider the Fokker-Planck equation with porous-medium-type nonlinear diffusion…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-12-16 Kouta Araki , Masashi Mizuno

In this short paper we find that the Sobolev inequality $$\frac 1{p-2}\left[\left(\int f^{p} d\mu\right)^{2/p} - \int f^2 d\mu\right] \le C \int |\nabla f|^2 d\mu$$ ($p\ge 0$) is equivalent to the exponential convergence of the Markov…

Probability · Mathematics 2017-03-03 Lingyan Cheng , Liming Wu

We give a geometric formulation of the Fokker-Planck-Kramer equations for a particle moving on a Lie algebra under the influence of a dissipative and a random force. Special cases of interest are fluid mechanics, the Stochastic Loewner…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-07-17 S. G. Rajeev

In this paper, we obtain the reverse Bakry-\'Emery type estimates for a class of hypoelliptic diffusion operator by coupling method. The (right and reverse) Poincar\'e inequalities and the (right and reverse) logarithmic Sobolev…

Probability · Mathematics 2024-11-22 Bin Qian , Beibei Zhang

We propose a new semi-discretization scheme to approximate nonlinear Fokker-Planck equations, by exploiting the gradient flow structures with respect to the 2-Wasserstein metric. We discretize the underlying state by a finite graph and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-12-20 Shui-Nee Chow , Luca Dieci , Wuchen Li , Haomin Zhou

In inhomogeneous environments, the correct expression of the diffusive flux is often not given by the Fick's law $\Gamma = - D \nabla n $. The most general hydrodynamic equation modelling diffusion is indeed the Fokker-Planck Equation…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-03-18 F. Sattin

We employ weak hypocoercivity methods to study the long-term behavior of operator semigroups generated by degenerate Kolmogorov operators with variable second-order coefficients, which solve the associated abstract Cauchy problem. We prove…

Probability · Mathematics 2021-10-13 Alexander Bertram , Martin Grothaus