Free energy and the Fokker-Planck equation

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 107, Issue 2-4, 1997, Pages 265-271

  Jordan, Richard ^a   Kinderlehrer, David ^b   Otto, Felix ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fokker Planck equation; Free energy; Gradient flux; Wasserstein metric

Indexed keywords

EID: 0342716592     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2789(97)00093-6     Document Type: Article

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