The study of the convergence to equilibrium of solutions to Fokker- Planck type equations with linear diffusion and super-linear drift leads in a natural way to a minimization problem for an energy functional (entropy) which relies on a sub-linear convex function. In many cases, conditions linked both to the non-linearity of the drift and to the space dimension allow the equilibrium to have a singular part. We present here a simple proof of existence and uniqueness of the minimizer in the two physically interesting cases in which there is the constraint of mass, and the constraints of both mass and energy. The proof includes the localization in space of the (eventual) singular part. The major example is related to the Fokker-Planck equation that describe the evolution of both Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac particles.

On the minimization problem of sub-linear convex functionals

TOSCANI, GIUSEPPE
2011-01-01

Abstract

The study of the convergence to equilibrium of solutions to Fokker- Planck type equations with linear diffusion and super-linear drift leads in a natural way to a minimization problem for an energy functional (entropy) which relies on a sub-linear convex function. In many cases, conditions linked both to the non-linearity of the drift and to the space dimension allow the equilibrium to have a singular part. We present here a simple proof of existence and uniqueness of the minimizer in the two physically interesting cases in which there is the constraint of mass, and the constraints of both mass and energy. The proof includes the localization in space of the (eventual) singular part. The major example is related to the Fokker-Planck equation that describe the evolution of both Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac particles.
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