We show that any function can be locally approximated by solutions of prescribed linear equations of nonlocal type. In particular, we show that every function is locally $s$-caloric, up to a small error. The case of non-elliptic and non-parabolic operators is taken into account as well.
Using a fixed point theorem in a proper Banach space, we prove existence and uniqueness results of positive solutions for a fractional Riemann-Liouville nonlocal thermistor problem on arbitrary nonempty closed subsets of the real numbers.
We study a nonlocal Venttsel' problem in a non-convex bounded domain with a Koch-type boundary. Regularity results of the strict solution are proved in weighted Sobolev spaces. The numerical approximation of the problem is carried out and optimal a priori error estimates are obtained.
In this paper we prove a nonlocal version of the Cordes-Niremberg estimates. We use it to extend our previous regularity results for fully nonlinear integro-differential equations to the variable coefficient case and several other settings where the equation can be thought of as a perturbation of the translation invariant case.
In this note we prove that appropriately scaled threshold dynamics-type algorithms corresponding to the fractional Laplacian of order $α\in (0,2)$ converge to moving fronts. When $α\geqq 1$ the resulting interface moves by weighted mean curvature, while for $α<1$ the normal velocity is nonlocal of ``fractional-type.'' The results easily extend to general nonlocal anisotropic threshold dynamics schemes.
We deal with the problem of approximating a scalar conservation law by a conservation law with nonlocal flux. As convolution kernel in the nonlocal flux, we consider an exponential-type approximation of the Dirac distribution. This enables us to obtain a total variation bound on the nonlocal term. By using this, we prove that the (unique) weak solution of the nonlocal problem converges strongly in $C(L^{1}_{\text{loc}})$ to the entropy solution of the local conservation law. We conclude with several numerical illustrations which underline the main results and, in particular, the difference bet…
We show how the Stefan type free boundary problem with random diffusion in one space dimension can be approximated by the corresponding free boundary problem with nonlocal diffusion. The approximation problem is a slightly modified version of the nonlocal diffusion problem with free boundaries considered in [4,8]. The proof relies on the introduction of several auxiliary free boundary problems and constructions of delicate upper and lower solutions for these problems. As usual, the approximation is achieved by choosing the kernel function in the nonlocal diffusion term of the form $J_ε(x)=\fra…
We consider inertial manifolds and their approximation for a class of partial differential equations with a nonlocal Laplacian operator $-(-Δ)^{\fracα{2}}$, with $0<α<2$. The nonlocal or fractional Laplacian operator represents an anomalous diffusion effect. We first establish the existence of an inertial manifold and highlight the influence of the parameter $α$. Then we approximate the inertial manifold when a small normal diffusion $\varepsilon Δ$ (with $\varepsilon \in (0, 1)$) enters the system, and obtain the estimate for the Hausdorff semi-distance between the inertial manifolds with and…
We study a non local approximation of the Gaussian perimeter, proving the Gamma convergence to the local one. Surprisingly, in contrast with the local setting, the halfspace turns out to be a volume constrained stationary point if and only if the boundary hyperplane passes through the origin. In particular, this implies that Ehrhard symmetrization can in general increase the considered non local Gaussian perimeter.
Nonlocal Approximation Principle for Entropy Solutions of Scalar Conservation Laws
Institute of Mathematics, University of Rostock(罗斯托克大学数学研究所);Department of Mathematics, Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg(埃尔朗根-纽伦堡弗里德里希·亚历山大大学数学系)
In this note, we develop Fourier approximation methods for the solutions of first-order nonlocal mean-field games (MFG) systems. Using Fourier expansion techniques, we approximate a given MFG system by a simpler one that is equivalent to a convex optimization problem over a finite-dimensional subspace of continuous curves. Furthermore, we perform a time-discretization for this optimization problem and arrive at a finite-dimensional saddle point problem. Finally, we solve this saddle-point problem by a variant of a primal dual hybrid gradient method.
We study a discrete approximation of functionals depending on nonlocal gradients. The discretized functionals are proved to be coercive in classical Sobolev spaces
We obtain some nonlocal characterizations for a class of variable exponent Sobolev spaces arising in nonlinear elasticity, in the theory of electrorheological fluids as well as in image processing for the regions where the variable exponent $p(x)$ reaches the value $1$.
We construct a deterministic, Lagrangian many-particle approximation to a class of nonlocal transport PDEs with nonlinear mobility arising in many contexts in biology and social sciences. The approximating particle system is a nonlocal version of the follow-the-leader scheme. We rigorously prove that a suitable discrete piece-wise density reconstructed from the particle scheme converges strongly in $L^1_{loc}$ towards the unique entropy solution to the target PDE as the number of particles tends to infinity. The proof is based on uniform BV estimates on the approximating sequence and on the ve…
In this paper, we prove that it is always possible to define a realization of the Laplacian $Δ_{κ,θ}$ on $L^2(Ω)$ subject to nonlocal Robin boundary conditions with general jump measures on arbitrary open subsets of $\mathbb R^N$. This is made possible by using a capacity approach to define admissible pair of measures $(κ,θ)$ that allows the associated form $\mathcal E_{κ,θ}$ to be closable. The nonlocal Robin Laplacian $Δ_{κ,θ}$ generates a sub-Markovian $C_0-$semigroup on $L^2(Ω)$ which is not dominated by Neumann Laplacian semigroup unless the jump measure $θ$ vanishes. Finally, the converg…
In this note we analyse \emph{quantitative} approximation properties of a certain class of \emph{nonlocal} equations: Viewing the fractional heat equation as a model problem, which involves both \emph{local} and \emph{nonlocal} pseudodifferential operators, we study quantitative approximation properties of solutions to it. First, relying on Runge type arguments, we give an alternative proof of certain \emph{qualitative} approximation results from \cite{DSV16}. Using propagation of smallness arguments, we then provide bounds on the \emph{cost} of approximate controllability and thus quantify th…
We study an integral equation that extends the problem of anti-differentiation. We formulate this equation by replacing the classical derivative with a known nonlocal operator similar to those applied in fracture mechanics and nonlocal diffusion. We show that this operator converges weakly to the classical derivative as a nonlocality parameter vanishes. Using Fourier transforms, we find the general solution to the integral equation. We show that the nonlocal antiderivative involves an infinite dimensional set of functions in addition to an arbitrary constant. However, these functions converge …
We construct numerical approximations for Mean Field Games with fractional or nonlocal diffusions. The schemes are based on semi-Lagrangian approximations of the underlying control problems/games along with dual approximations of the distributions of agents. The methods are monotone, stable, and consistent, and we prove convergence along subsequences for (i) degenerate equations in one space dimension and (ii) nondegenerate equations in arbitrary dimensions. We also give results on full convergence and convergence to classical solutions. Numerical tests are implemented for a range of different…
This paper is devoted to the analysis of non-negative solutions for the chemotaxis model with nonlocal source in bounded domain. The qualitative behavior of solutions is determined by the nonlinearity from the aggregation and the reaction. The nonlocal nonlinear Fisher-KPP reaction helps preventing blow-up phenomena in chemotaxis system. For appropriately chosen exponents, the global existence of classical solutions is proved with arbitrary initial data, where a modified Moser-Alikakos iteration method plays a key role in the a priori estimates.
We consider conservation laws with nonlocal velocity and show for nonlocal weights of exponential type that the unique solutions converge in a weak or strong sense (dependent on the regularity of the velocity) to the entropy solution of the local conservation law when the nonlocal weight approaches a Dirac distribution. To this end, we establish first a uniform total variation estimate on the nonlocal velocity which enables it to prove that the nonlocal solution is entropy admissible in the limit. For the entropy solution, we use a tailored entropy flux pair which allows the usage of only one …
We study a multi-dimensional nonlocal active scalar equation of the form $u_t+v\cdot \nabla u=0$ in $\mathbb R^+\times \mathbb R^d$, where $v=Λ^{-2+α}\nabla u$ with $Λ=(-Δ)^{1/2}$. We show that when $α\in (0,2]$ certain radial solutions develop gradient blowup in finite time. In the case when $α=0$, the equations are globally well-posed with arbitrary initial data in suitable Sobolev spaces.
We prove existence and Sobolev regularity of solutions of a nonlinear system of degenerate-parabolic PDEs with self- and cross-diffusion, transport/confinement and nonlocal interaction terms. The macroscopic system of PDEs is formally derived from a large particle system and models the evolution of an arbitrary number of species with quadratic porous-medium interactions in a bounded domain $Ω$ in any spatial dimension. The cross interactions between different species are scaled by a parameter $δ<1$, with the $δ= 0$ case corresponding to no interactions across species. A smallness condition on …
Recently, we constructed a class of nonlocal Poisson model on manifold under Dirichlet boundary with global $\mathcal{O}(δ^2)$ truncation error to its local counterpart, where $δ$ denotes the nonlocal horizon parameter. In this paper, the well-posedness of such manifold model is studied. We utilize Poincare inequality to control the lower order terms along the $2δ$-boundary layer in the weak formulation of model. The second order localization rate of model is attained by combining the well-posedness argument and the truncation error analysis. Such rate is currently optimal among all nonlocal m…
In this paper we consider the numerical approximation of nonlocal integro differential parabolic equations via neural networks. These equations appear in many recent applications, including finance, biology and others, and have been recently studied in great generality starting from the work of Caffarelli and Silvestre. Based in the work by Hure, Pham and Warin, we generalize their Euler scheme and consistency result for Backward Forward Stochastic Differential Equations to the nonlocal case. We rely on Lèvy processes and a new neural network approximation of the nonlocal part to overcome the …
In the present study we prove rigorously that in the long-wave limit, the unidirectional solutions of a class of nonlocal wave equations to which the improved Boussinesq equation belongs are well approximated by the solutions of the Camassa-Holm equation over a long time scale. This general class of nonlocal wave equations model bidirectional wave propagation in a nonlocally and nonlinearly elastic medium whose constitutive equation is given by a convolution integral. To justify the Camassa-Holm approximation we show that approximation errors remain small over a long time interval. To be more …
On the rate of the vanishing viscosity approximation for Mean Field Games with nonlocal coupling
DISIM - Dipartimento di Ingegneria e Scienze dell’Informazione e Matematica Università degli Studi dell’Aquila(阿奎拉大学 DISIM 信息与数学工程科学系);Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica “U. Dini”, Università di Firenze(佛罗伦萨大学 U. Dini 数学与计算机科学系)
We study the equation $u_t +uu_x +u-K*u=0$ in the case of an arbitrary $K \geq 0$, which is a generalization of a model for radiating gas, in which $K(y)={1/2}e^{-|y|}$. Using a monotone iteration scheme argument we establish the existence of traveling waves, which gives a solution to an open question raised by Denis Serre.