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We study ``nonlocal diffusion equations'' of the form \[ \partial_{t}\frac{d\rho_{t}}{d\pi}(x)+\int_{X}\left(\frac{d\rho_{t}}{d\pi}(x)-\frac{d\rho_{t}}{d\pi}(y)\right)\eta(x,y)d\pi(y)=0\qquad(\dagger) \] where $X$ is either $\mathbb{R}^{d}$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-11-03 Andrew Warren

A lattice version of the Fokker-Planck equation (FPE), accounting for dissipative interactions, not resolved on the molecular scale, is introduced. The lattice FPE is applied to the study of electrorheological transport of a one-dimensional…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2013-05-29 S. Melchionna , S. Succi , J. -P. Hansen

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

In this work, we introduce semi-implicit or implicit finite difference schemes for the continuity equation with a gradient flow structure. Examples of such equations include the linear Fokker-Planck equation and the Keller-Segel equations.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-03-25 Jingwei Hu , Xiangxiong Zhang

One proves the existence and uniqueness of a generalized (mild) solution for the nonlinear Fokker-Planck equation (FPE) \begin{align*} &u_t-\Delta (\beta(u))+{\mathrm{ div}}(D(x)b(u)u)=0, \quad t\geq0,\ x\in\mathbb{R}^d,\ d\ne2, \\…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-03-03 Viorel Barbu , Michael Röckner

We are looking for the universal covering algebra for all symmetries of a given pde, using the sine-Gordon equation as a typical example for a non-evolution equation. For non-evolution equations, Estabrook-Wahlquist prolongation structures…

solv-int · Physics 2012-08-27 J. D. Finley , III , John K. McIver

We develop a new method to solve the Fokker-Planck or Kolmogorov's forward equation that governs the time evolution of the joint probability density function of a continuous-time stochastic nonlinear system. Numerical solution of this…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-11-16 Kenneth F. Caluya , Abhishek Halder

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

We consider a class of nonlinear Fokker-Planck equations describing the dynamics of an infinite population of units within mean-field interaction. Relying on a slow-fast viewpoint and on the theory of approximately invariant manifolds we…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-07-07 Eric Luçon , Christophe Poquet

The classical Fokker-Planck equation (FPE) is a key tool in physics for describing systems influenced by drag forces and Gaussian noise, with applications spanning multiple fields. We consider the fractional Fokker-Planck equation (FFPE),…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-30 Qihao Ye , Xiaochuan Tian , Dong Wang

This paper reviews different numerical methods for specific examples of Wasserstein gradient flows: we focus on nonlinear Fokker-Planck equations,but also discuss discretizations of the parabolic-elliptic Keller-Segel model and of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-03-10 Jose A. Carrillo , Daniel Matthes , Marie-Therese Wolfram

We consider an infinite lattice system of interacting spins living on a smooth compact manifold, with short- but not necessarily finite-range pairwise interactions. We construct the gradient flow of the infinite-volume free energy on the…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-02-19 Ronan Herry , Thomas Leblé

In this paper, we propose efficient quantum algorithms for solving nonlinear stochastic differential equations (SDE) via the associated Fokker-Planck equation (FPE). We discretize the FPE in space and time using two well-known numerical…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2023-08-01 Abeynaya Gnanasekaran , Amit Surana , Tuhin Sahai

We propose a dimensionality reduction method for infinite-dimensional measure-valued evolution equations such as the Fokker-Planck partial differential equation or the Kushner-Stratonovich resp. Duncan-Mortensen-Zakai stochastic partial…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-10-27 Damiano Brigo , Giovanni Pistone

This work is concerned with the gradient flow of absolutely $p$-homogeneous convex functionals on a Hilbert space, which we show to exhibit finite ($p<2$) or infinite extinction time ($p \geq 2$). We give upper bounds for the finite…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-12-25 Leon Bungert , Martin Burger

We extend the concept of self-consistency for the Fokker-Planck equation (FPE) to the more general McKean-Vlasov equation (MVE). While FPE describes the macroscopic behavior of particles under drift and diffusion, MVE accounts for the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-10-30 Zebang Shen , Zhenfu Wang

We analyze some parabolic PDEs with different drift terms which are gradient flows in the Wasserstein space and consider the corresponding discrete-in-time JKO scheme. We prove with optimal transport techniques how to control the L p and L…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-11-26 Simone Di Marino , Filippo Santambrogio

We prove existence of a probability solution to the nonlinear stationary Fokker-Planck-Kolmogorov equation on an infinite dimensional space with a centered Gaussian measure $\gamma$ with a unit diffusion operator and a drift of the form…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-27 Vladimir I. Bogachev , Michael Röckner , Stanislav V. Shaposhnikov

This article studies a Fokker-Planck type equation of fractional diffusion with conservative drift $\partial$f/$\partial$t = $\Delta$^($\alpha$/2) f + div(Ef), where $\Delta$^($\alpha$/2) denotes the fractional Laplacian and E is a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-01-22 Laurent Lafleche

Given a smooth family F/Y of geometrically irreducible surfaces, we study sequences of arbitrarily near T-points of F/Y; they generalize the traditional sequences of infinitely near points of a single smooth surface. We distinguish a…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2011-01-25 Steven Kleiman , Ragni Piene , Ilya Tyomkin