From a Large-Deviations Principle to the Wasserstein Gradient Flow: A New Micro-Macro Passage

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 307, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 791-815

  Adams, Stefan ^a   Dirr, Nicolas ^b   Peletier, Mark A ^c   Zimmer, Johannes ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80053912873     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: 14320916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00220-011-1328-4     Document Type: Article

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