Singular limit for a class of nonlocal conservation laws via compensated compactness

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Hauptverfasser: Coclite, Giuseppe Maria, De Nitti, Nicola, Huang, Kuang
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author Coclite, Giuseppe Maria
De Nitti, Nicola
Huang, Kuang
author_facet Coclite, Giuseppe Maria
De Nitti, Nicola
Huang, Kuang
contents We consider a class of nonlocal conservation laws modeling traffic flows, given by $ \partial_t u_\varepsilon + \partial_x(V(u_\varepsilon \ast γ_\varepsilon) u_\varepsilon) = 0$, with a rescaled convolution kernel $γ_\varepsilon(\cdot) := \varepsilon^{-1}γ(\cdot/\varepsilon)$. We establish the strong $\mathrm L^1_{\mathrm{loc}}$-convergence of weak solutions $u_\varepsilon$ toward the entropy-admissible solution of the corresponding local conservation law as the kernel $γ_\varepsilon$ concentrates to a Dirac delta distribution when $\varepsilon \searrow 0$. In contrast to previous literature, we obtain compactness of the family $\{u_\varepsilon \ast γ_\varepsilon\}_{\varepsilon>0}$ without relying on total variation bounds or Ole\uınik-type estimates. Instead, we establish $\mathrm L^2$-type bounds on its entropy production and use the theory of compensated compactness, assuming that the initial datum merely belongs to $\mathrm L^1\cap \mathrm L^\infty$. Our results are twofold. First, we establish the nonlocal-to-local limit for the piecewise constant kernel $γ(\cdot) := {1}_{[-1,0]}(\cdot)$ combined with the affine velocity function from Greenshields' traffic model. Second, we prove the limit for strictly monotone kernels along with decreasing velocity functions. These results settle a long-standing open problem concerning the nonlocal-to-local convergence for non-convex kernels.
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spellingShingle Singular limit for a class of nonlocal conservation laws via compensated compactness
Coclite, Giuseppe Maria
De Nitti, Nicola
Huang, Kuang
Analysis of PDEs
35L65
We consider a class of nonlocal conservation laws modeling traffic flows, given by $ \partial_t u_\varepsilon + \partial_x(V(u_\varepsilon \ast γ_\varepsilon) u_\varepsilon) = 0$, with a rescaled convolution kernel $γ_\varepsilon(\cdot) := \varepsilon^{-1}γ(\cdot/\varepsilon)$. We establish the strong $\mathrm L^1_{\mathrm{loc}}$-convergence of weak solutions $u_\varepsilon$ toward the entropy-admissible solution of the corresponding local conservation law as the kernel $γ_\varepsilon$ concentrates to a Dirac delta distribution when $\varepsilon \searrow 0$. In contrast to previous literature, we obtain compactness of the family $\{u_\varepsilon \ast γ_\varepsilon\}_{\varepsilon>0}$ without relying on total variation bounds or Ole\uınik-type estimates. Instead, we establish $\mathrm L^2$-type bounds on its entropy production and use the theory of compensated compactness, assuming that the initial datum merely belongs to $\mathrm L^1\cap \mathrm L^\infty$. Our results are twofold. First, we establish the nonlocal-to-local limit for the piecewise constant kernel $γ(\cdot) := {1}_{[-1,0]}(\cdot)$ combined with the affine velocity function from Greenshields' traffic model. Second, we prove the limit for strictly monotone kernels along with decreasing velocity functions. These results settle a long-standing open problem concerning the nonlocal-to-local convergence for non-convex kernels.
title Singular limit for a class of nonlocal conservation laws via compensated compactness
topic Analysis of PDEs
35L65
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.15631