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In this paper, we consider the stationary version of the Mean-Field Games (MFG) models. Inspired by \cite{Albuquerque-Silva2020, Bieganowski-Mederski2021, Lin-Wei05, Mederski-Schino2021}, we develop the minimization method on the Pohozaev…
We introduce a new method for deriving the time-dependent Hartree or Hartree-Fock equations as an effective mean-field dynamics from the microscopic Schroedinger equation for fermionic many-particle systems in quantum mechanics. The method…
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We show that the Hamiltonian mean field (HMF) model describes the equilibrium behavior of a system of long pendula with flat bobs that are coupled through long-range interactions (charged or self gravitating). We solve for the canonical…
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Mean-field models approximate large stochastic systems by simpler differential equations that are supposed to approximate the mean of the larger system. It is generally assumed that as the stochastic systems get larger (i.e., more people or…
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