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Title: Dynamical Systems in the Variational Formulation of the Fokker-Planck Equation by the Wasserstein Metric

Journal Article · · Applied Mathematics and Optimization
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/S002450010008· OSTI ID:21067519
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  1. Department of Mathematics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810 (Japan), E-mail: mikami@math.sci.hokudai.ac.jp

R. Jordan, D. Kinderlehrer, and F. Otto proposed the discrete-time approximation of the Fokker-Planck equation by the variational formulation. It is determined by the Wasserstein metric, an energy functional, and the Gibbs-Boltzmann entropy functional. In this paper we study the asymptotic behavior of the dynamical systems which describe their approximation of the Fokker-Planck equation and characterize the limit as a solution to a class of variational problems.

OSTI ID:
21067519
Journal Information:
Applied Mathematics and Optimization, Vol. 42, Issue 2; Other Information: DOI: 10.1007/s002450010008; Copyright (c) Inc. 2000 Springer-Verlag New York; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0095-4616
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English