Gradient flow structure, well-posedness and asymptotic behavior of Fokker-Planck equation on locally finite graphs

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contents This paper investigates the gradient flow structure, well-posedness, and asymptotic behavior of the Fokker-Planck equation defined on locally uniformly finite graphs, which is highly non-trivial compared with the finite case. We first construct a 2-Wasserstein-type metric and gradient flow equation in the probability density space associated with the underlying graphs. Then, we prove the global existence of solution to the Fokker-Planck equation using a novel approach that differs significantly from the methods applied in the finite case. We also demonstrate that the solution converges to the Gibbs distribution in the $\ell^{r}(V,\bmπ)$ norm with $r\in [2,\infty]$, by using the indicator set partitioning method. To the best of our knowledge, this work seems the first result on the study of Wasserstein-type metrics and the Fokker-Planck equation in probability density spaces defined on infinite graphs.
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spellingShingle Gradient flow structure, well-posedness and asymptotic behavior of Fokker-Planck equation on locally finite graphs
Wang, Cong
Probability
Analysis of PDEs
This paper investigates the gradient flow structure, well-posedness, and asymptotic behavior of the Fokker-Planck equation defined on locally uniformly finite graphs, which is highly non-trivial compared with the finite case. We first construct a 2-Wasserstein-type metric and gradient flow equation in the probability density space associated with the underlying graphs. Then, we prove the global existence of solution to the Fokker-Planck equation using a novel approach that differs significantly from the methods applied in the finite case. We also demonstrate that the solution converges to the Gibbs distribution in the $\ell^{r}(V,\bmπ)$ norm with $r\in [2,\infty]$, by using the indicator set partitioning method. To the best of our knowledge, this work seems the first result on the study of Wasserstein-type metrics and the Fokker-Planck equation in probability density spaces defined on infinite graphs.
title Gradient flow structure, well-posedness and asymptotic behavior of Fokker-Planck equation on locally finite graphs
topic Probability
Analysis of PDEs
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.03531