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We study the nonlocal Stefan problem, where the phase transition is described by a nonlocal diffusion as well as the change of enthalpy functions. By using a stochastic optimization approach introduced for the local case, we construct…

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For stochastic reaction-diffusion equations with L\'evy noises and non-Lipschitz reaction terms, we prove that $W_1H$ transportation cost inequalities hold for their invariant probability measures and for their process-level laws on the…

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We provide a unifying interpretation of various optimal transport problems as a minimisation of a linear functional over the set of all Choquet representations of a given pair of probability measures ordered with respect to a certain convex…

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Transport problems arise across diverse fields of science and engineering. Semi-Lagrangian (SL) discontinuous Galerkin (DG) methods are a class of high order deterministic transport solvers that enjoy advantages of both SL approach and DG…

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