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In this paper, we prove that the $L^2$ norm of spatial mean-free solutions to the advection--diffusion equation on $\mathbb{T}^2$ with shear drifts satisfies an \emph{exponential lower bound} in time. This lower bound shows that diffusion…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-12-23 Yupei Huang , Xiaoqian Xu

An algebraic lower bound on the energy decay for solutions of the advection-diffusion equation in $\mathbb{R}^d$ with $d=2,3$ is derived using the Fourier splitting method. Motivated by a conjecture on mixing of passive scalars in fluids, a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-12-28 Camilla Nobili , Steffen Pottel

Motivated by [7], we study the advection-hyperdiffusion equation in the whole space in two and three dimensions with the goal of understanding the decay in time of the $H^{-1}$- and $L^2$-norm of the solutions. We view the advection term as…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-12-25 Fabian Bleitner , Camilla Nobili

We propose an alternative method for one-dimensional continuum diffusion models with spatially variable (heterogeneous) diffusivity. Our method, which extends recent work on stochastic diffusion, assumes the constant-coefficient homogenized…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-12-18 Elliot J. Carr

We study passive scalar mixing by parallel shear flows in the presence of weak molecular diffusion. We recover the sharp uniform-in-diffusivity mixing rate for shear flows with finitely many critical points, recently proven in [1]. Our…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-11 Kyle L. Liss , Kunhui Luan

We consider a spatially homogeneous advection-diffusion equation in which the diffusion tensor and drift velocity are time-independent, but otherwise general. We derive asymptotic expressions, valid at large distances from a steady point…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2015-05-20 John Grant , Michael Wilkinson

We consider the advection-diffusion equation describing the evolution of a passive scalar in a background shear flow. We prove the optimal uniform-in-diffusivity mixing rate $\| f \|_{H^{-1}} \lesssim \langle t \rangle^{-1/(N+1)}$, $t \geq…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-11-25 Dallas Albritton , Rajendra Beekie

In this paper, we propose high order numerical methods to solve a 2D advection diffusion equation, in the highly oscillatory regime. We use an integrator strategy that allows the construction of arbitrary high-order schemes {leading} to an…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-11-11 Clarissa Astuto

We follow-up on our works devoted to homogenization theory for linear second-order elliptic equations with coefficients that are perturbations of periodic coefficients. We have first considered equations in divergence form in [6, 7, 8]. We…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-02-01 Xavier Blanc , C. Le Bris , P. -L Lions

We study inverse boundary problems for the advection diffusion equation on an admissible manifold, i.e. a compact Riemannian manifold with boundary of dimension $\ge 3$, which is conformally embedded in a product of the Euclidean real line…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-04-20 Katya Krupchyk , Gunther Uhlmann

In this paper, we address a time-dependent one-dimensional linear advection-diffusion equation with Dirichlet homogeneous boundary conditions. The equation is solved both analytically, using separation of variables, and numerically,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-12-12 Eeshwar Prasad Poudel , Pitambar Acharya , Jeevan Kafle , Shreeram Khadka

This paper is devoted to the study of travelling fronts of reaction-diffusion equations with periodic advection in the whole plane $\mathbb R^2$. We are interested in curved fronts satisfying some "conical" conditions at infinity. We prove…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-05-21 Mohammad El Smaily , Francois Hamel , Rui Huang

An upper bound on the mixing efficiency is derived for a passive scalar under the influence of advection and diffusion with a body source. For a given stirring velocity field, the mixing efficiency is measured in terms of an equivalent…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2007-12-12 Jean-Luc Thiffeault , Charles R. Doering , John D. Gibbon

Diffusion models generate samples by iteratively querying learned score estimates. A rapidly growing literature focuses on accelerating sampling by minimizing the number of score evaluations, yet the information-theoretic limits of such…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Zhiyang Xun , Eric Price

Motivated in part by the work of Vanneste and Byatt-Smith, we study mixing and enhanced dissipation for the advection-diffusion equation with velocity field $\mathbf{u}(x,y,t)=(\sin(y-ct),0)$, a shear flow whose profile translates rigidly…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-17 Johannes Benthaus , Giuseppe Maria Coclite , Camilla Nobili

The advection-diffusion equation is studied via a global Lagrangian coordinate transformation. The metric tensor of the Lagrangian coordinates couples the dynamical system theory rigorously into the solution of this class of partial…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2007-05-23 X. Z. Tang , A. H. Boozer

We study the steady laminar advective transport of a diffusive passive scalar released at the base of narrow three-dimensional longitudinal open channels with non-absorbing side walls and rectangular or truncated-wedge-shaped…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-02-14 Merlin A. Etzold , Julien R. Landel , Stuart B. Dalziel

In this research note we provide a variational basis for the optimal artificial diffusion method, which has been a cornerstone in developing many stabilized methods. The optimal artificial diffusion method produces exact nodal solutions…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2015-03-13 K. B. Nakshatrala , A. J. Valocchi

A finite difference method is constructed to solve singularly perturbed convection-diffusion problems posed on smooth domains. Constraints are imposed on the data so that only regular exponential boundary layers appear in the solution. A…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-12-23 Alan F. Hegarty , Eugene O'Riordan

We investigate the upper bound of charge diffusion constant in holography. For this purpose, we apply the conjectured upper bound proposal related to the equilibration scales ($\omega_{\text{eq}}, k_{\text{eq}}$) to the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-07-01 Kyoung-Bum Huh , Hyun-Sik Jeong , Keun-Young Kim , Ya-Wen Sun
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