Gradient Flows : In Metric Spaces and in the Space of Probability Measures

Luigi Ambrosio

ISBN 10: 3764387211 / ISBN 13: 9783764387211

Published by Birkhäuser Basel, 2008

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The book is devoted to the theory of gradient flows in the general framework of metric spaces, and in the more specific setting of the space of probability measures, which provide a surprising link between optimal transportation theory and many evolutionary PDE's related to (non)linear diffusion. Particular emphasis is given to the convergence of the implicit time discretization method and to the error estimates for this discretization, extending the well established theory in Hilbert spaces. The book is split in two main parts that can be read independently of each other.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Gradient Flows : In Metric Spaces and in the Space of Probability Measures
• Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3764387211
• ISBN 13: 9783764387211
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 240W x 168H x 19D millimeters 240 millimeters width by 168 millimeters height by 19 millimeters depth
• Weight: 585 grams

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Synopsis

The book is devoted to the theory of gradient flows in the general framework of metric spaces, and in the more specific setting of the space of probability measures, which provide a surprising link between optimal transportation theory and many evolutionary PDE's related to (non)linear diffusion. The book originates from lectures by L. Ambrosio at the ETH Zürich in Fall 2001. It contains new results that have never appeared elsewhere. The book has been substantially extended and revised in cooperation with the co-authors. Particular emphasis is given to the convergence of the implicit time discretization method and to the error estimates for this discretization, extending the well established theory in Hilbert spaces. The book is split in two main parts that can be read independently of each other.