From a large-deviations principle to the Wasserstein gradient flow: a new micro-macro passage

DOI10.1007/s00220-011-1328-4zbMath1267.60106arXiv1004.4076OpenAlexW3098539775WikidataQ59873999 ScholiaQ59873999MaRDI QIDQ647376

Nicolas Dirr, Stefan Adams, Johannes Zimmer, Mark Adriaan Peletier

Publication date: 23 November 2011

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1004.4076

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Interacting random processes; statistical mechanics type models; percolation theory (60K35) Large deviations (60F10) Stochastic partial differential equations (aspects of stochastic analysis) (60H15)

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