A new flow dynamic approach for Wasserstein gradient flows

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Main Authors: Cheng, Qing, Liu, Qianqian, Chen, Wenbin, Shen, Jie
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author Cheng, Qing
Liu, Qianqian
Chen, Wenbin
Shen, Jie
author_facet Cheng, Qing
Liu, Qianqian
Chen, Wenbin
Shen, Jie
contents We develop in this paper a new regularized flow dynamic approach to construct efficient numerical schemes for Wasserstein gradient flows in Lagrangian coordinates. Instead of approximating the Wasserstein distance which needs to solve constrained minimization problems, we reformulate the problem using the Benamou-Brenier's flow dynamic approach, leading to algorithms which only need to solve unconstrained minimization problem in $L^2$ distance. Our schemes automatically inherit some essential properties of Wasserstein gradient systems such as positivity-preserving, mass conservative and energy dissipation. We present ample numerical simulations of Porous-Medium equations, Keller-Segel equations and Aggregation equations to validate the accuracy and stability of the proposed schemes. Compared to numerical schemes in Eulerian coordinates, our new schemes can capture sharp interfaces for various Wasserstein gradient flows using relatively smaller number of unknowns.
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spellingShingle A new flow dynamic approach for Wasserstein gradient flows
Cheng, Qing
Liu, Qianqian
Chen, Wenbin
Shen, Jie
Numerical Analysis
65M06, 65M12, 35K65, 35A15
We develop in this paper a new regularized flow dynamic approach to construct efficient numerical schemes for Wasserstein gradient flows in Lagrangian coordinates. Instead of approximating the Wasserstein distance which needs to solve constrained minimization problems, we reformulate the problem using the Benamou-Brenier's flow dynamic approach, leading to algorithms which only need to solve unconstrained minimization problem in $L^2$ distance. Our schemes automatically inherit some essential properties of Wasserstein gradient systems such as positivity-preserving, mass conservative and energy dissipation. We present ample numerical simulations of Porous-Medium equations, Keller-Segel equations and Aggregation equations to validate the accuracy and stability of the proposed schemes. Compared to numerical schemes in Eulerian coordinates, our new schemes can capture sharp interfaces for various Wasserstein gradient flows using relatively smaller number of unknowns.
title A new flow dynamic approach for Wasserstein gradient flows
topic Numerical Analysis
65M06, 65M12, 35K65, 35A15
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.14870