Variational approximation for Fokker-Planck equation on Riemannian manifold

DOI10.1007/s00440-006-0001-xzbMath1171.58009OpenAlexW1964064133WikidataQ115388034 ScholiaQ115388034MaRDI QIDQ863477

Xicheng Zhang

Publication date: 26 January 2007

Published in: Probability Theory and Related Fields (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00440-006-0001-x

zbMATH Keywords

Fokker-Planck equationWasserstein metricfree energygradient flowheat kernel

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational methods applied to PDEs (35A15) Diffusion processes (60J60) Diffusion processes and stochastic analysis on manifolds (58J65)

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