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The displacement $\lambda$-convexity of a nonstandard entropy with respect to a nonlocal transportation metric in finite state spaces is shown using a gradient flow approach. The constant $\lambda$ is computed explicitly in terms of a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-11-16 José A. Carrillo , Ansgar Jüngel , Matheus C. Santos

Fokker-Planck equation with the velocity-dependent coefficients is considered for various isotropic systems on the basis of probability transition (PT) approach. This method provides the self-consistent and universal description of friction…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 S. A. Trigger

Traditional Monte Carlo methods for particle transport utilize source iteration to express the solution, the flux density, of the transport equation as a Neumann series. Our contribution is to show that the particle paths simulated within…

Probability · Mathematics 2024-07-03 J. Darby Smith , Rich Lehoucq , Brian Franke

Under suitable assumptions on $\beta:\mathbb{R}\!\to\!\mathbb{R}, \,D:\mathbb{R}^d\!\to\!\mathbb{R}^d$ and $b:\mathbb{R}^d\!\to\!\mathbb{R}$, the nonlinear Fokker-Planck equation $u_t-\Delta\beta(u)+{\rm div}(Db(u)u)=0$, in…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-03-17 Viorel Barbu , Michael Röckner

Solving high-dimensional Fokker-Planck (FP) equations is a challenge in computational physics and stochastic dynamics, due to the curse of dimensionality (CoD) and unbounded domains. Existing deep learning approaches, such as…

Computational Physics · Physics 2026-03-25 Xiaolong Wu , Qifeng Liao

We study Markov processes associated with stochastic differential equations, whose non-linearities are gradients of convex functionals. We prove a general result of existence of such Markov processes and a priori estimates on the transition…

Probability · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Luigi Ambrosio , Giuseppe Savare , Lorenzo Zambotti

In this paper we identify the Fokker-Planck equation for (reflected) Sticky Brownian Motion as a Wasserstein gradient flow in the space of probability measures. The driving functional is the relative entropy with respect to a non-standard…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-01-27 Jean-Baptiste Casteras , Léonard Monsaingeon , Filippo Santambrogio

One obtains a probabilistic representation for the entropic generalized solutions to a nonlinear Fokker-Planck equation in $\mathbb R^d$ with multivalued nonlinear diffusion term as density probabilities of solutions to a nonlinear…

Probability · Mathematics 2018-02-01 Viorel Barbu , Michael Röckner

Gradient flows of the Kullback--Leibler (KL) divergence, such as the Fokker--Planck equation and Stein Variational Gradient Descent, evolve a distribution toward a target density known only up to a normalizing constant. We introduce new…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2026-02-09 Elias Hess-Childs , Dejan Slepčev , Lantian Xu

Particle flow filters solve Bayesian inference problems by smoothly transforming a set of particles into samples from the posterior distribution. Particles move in state space under the flow of an McKean-Vlasov-Ito process. This work…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-05-02 Amit N Subrahmanya , Andrey A Popov , Adrian Sandu

We study the nonlinear Fokker-Planck equation on graphs, which is the gradient flow in the space of probability measures supported on the nodes with respect to the discrete Wasserstein metric. The energy functional driving the gradient flow…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2017-09-26 Shui-Nee Chow , Wuchen Li , Haomin Zhou

In this work, we propose adaptive deep learning approaches based on normalizing flows for solving fractional Fokker-Planck equations (FPEs). The solution of a FPE is a probability density function (PDF). Traditional mesh-based methods are…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-10-27 Li Zeng , Xiaoliang Wan , Tao Zhou

The stochastic transport of suspended particles through a periodic pattern of obstacles in microfluidic devices is investigated by means of the Fokker-Planck equation. Asymmetric arrays of obstacles have been shown to induce the continuous…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-11 Zhigang Li , German Drazer

We derive continuity equation and exact expression for flow probability density in a space with arbitrary deformed algebra leading to minimal length. In coordinate representation the flow probability density is presented as infinite series…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-02-24 H. P. Laba , V. M. Tkachuk

Non-Gaussian tails dominate collision probability estimates in conjunction assessment, yet capturing them without Monte Carlo sampling is challenging, especially when process noise is included. We present a closed-form, grid-free solution…

Space Physics · Physics 2026-04-01 Jose Antonio Rebollo , Rafael Vazquez , Claudio Bombardelli

In this work, we investigate a variational formulation for a time-fractional Fokker-Planck equation which arises in the study of complex physical systems involving anomalously slow diffusion. The model involves a fractional-order Caputo…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-06-05 Manh Hong Duong , Bangti Jin

Anomalous transport in a tilted periodic potential is investigated numerically within the framework of the fractional Fokker-Planck dynamics via the underlying CTRW. An efficient numerical algorithm is developed which is applicable for an…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-11 E. Heinsalu , M. Patriarca , I. Goychuk , G. Schmid , P. Hänggi

The Fokker-Planck equation describing the transport of energetic particles interacting with turbulence is difficult to solve analytically. Numerical solutions are of course possible but they are not always useful for applications. In the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-29 B. Klippenstein , A. Shalchi

The Fokker-Planck (FP) equation governs the evolution of densities for stochastic dynamics of physical systems, such as the Langevin dynamics and the Lorenz system. This work simulates FP equations through a mean field control (MFC)…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-08-06 Mo Zhou , Stanley Osher , Wuchen Li

In this paper we proceed with investigation of connections between Fokker - Planck equation and continuum mechanics. In spectral decomposition of Fokker - Planck equation solution we preserve only terms with the smallest degree of damping.…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2007-09-17 Igor A. Tanski