TBA
In this talk I'll first give an background overview of Bourgain's approach to prove the invariance of the Gibbs measure for the periodic cubic nonlinear Schrodinger equation in 2D and of the para-controlled calculus of Gubinelli-Imkeller and Perkowski in the context of parabolic stochastic equations. I will then present our resolution of the long-standing problem of proving almost sure global well-posedness (i.e. existence /with uniqueness/) for the periodic nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLS) in 2D on the support of the Gibbs measure, for any (defocusing and renormalized) odd power nonlinearity. Consequently we get the invariance of the Gibbs measure. This is achieved by a new method we call /random averaging operators /which precisely captures the intrinsic randomness structure of the problematic high-low frequency interactions at the heart of this problem. This is work with Yu Deng (USC) and Haitian Yue (USC).
We study the mean field limit of large stochastic systems of interacting particles. To treat more general and singular kernels, we propose a modulated free energy combination of the method that we had previously developed and of the modulated energy introduced by S. Serfaty. This modulated free energy may be understood as introducing appropriate weights in the relative entropy to cancel the most singular terms involving the divergence of the flow. Our modulated free energy allows to treat singular potentials which combine large smooth part, small attractive singular part and large repulsive singular part. As an example, a full rigorous derivation (with quantitative estimates) of some chemotaxis models, such as Patlak-Keller-Segel system in the subcritical regimes, is obtained. This is a joint work with D. Bresch and Z. Wang.
I will present a new method of analysis for Einstein’s
constraint equations, referred to as the Seed-to-Solution Method, which
leads to the existence of asymptotically Euclidean manifolds with
prescribed asymptotic behavior. This method generates a (Riemannian)
Einstein manifold from any seed data set consisting of (1): a Riemannian
metric and a symmetric two-tensor prescribed on a topological manifold
with finitely many asymptotically Euclidean ends, and (2): a density
field and a momentum vector field representing the matter content. By
distinguishing between several classes of seed data referred to as tame
or strongly tame, the method encompasses metrics with the weakest
possible decay (infinite ADM mass) or the strongest possible decay
(Schwarzschild behavior). This analysis is based on a linearization of
the Einstein equations (involving several curvature operators from
Riemannian geometry) around a tame seed data set. It is motivated by
Carlotto and Schoen’s pioneering work on the so-called localization
problem for the Einstein equations. Dealing with manifolds with possibly
very low decay and establishing estimates beyond the critical level of
decay requires significantly new ideas to be presented in this talk. As
an application of our method, we introduce and solve a new problem,
referred to as the asymptotic localization problem, at the critical
level of decay. Collaboration with T. Nguyen. Blog: philippelefloch.org
We study the geometry of minimizers of the interaction energy functional. When the interaction potential is mildly repulsive, it is known to be hard to characterize those minimizers due to the fact that they break the rotational symmetry, suggesting that the problem is unlikely to be resolved by the usual convexity or symmetrization techniques from the calculus of variations. We prove that, if the repulsion is mild and the attraction is sufficiently strong, the minimizer is unique up to rotation and exhibits a remarkable simplex-shape rigid structure. As the first crucial step we consider the maximum variance problem of probability measures under the constraint of bounded diameter, whose answer in one dimension was given by Popoviciu in 1935.
In this talk, I will discuss from a mathematical viewpoint some sufficient conditions that guarantee the energy equality for weak solutions. I will mainly focus on a fluid equation example, namely the inhomogeneous Euler equations. The main tools are the commutator Lemmas. This is a joint work with Ming Chen.
In this talk we will review compactness results and singularity theorems related to harmonic maps. We first talk about maps from Riemann surfaces with tension fields bounded in a local Hardy space, then talk about stationary harmonic maps from higher dimensional manifolds, finally talk about heat flow of harmonic maps.
In this talk we study master equations arising from mean field game
problems, under the crucial monotonicity conditions.
Classical solutions of such equations require very strong technical
conditions. Moreover, unlike the master equations arising from mean
field control problems, the mean field game master equations are
non-local and even classical solutions typically do not satisfy the
comparison principle, so the standard viscosity solution approach seems
infeasible. We shall propose a notion of weak solution for such
equations and establish its wellposedness. Our approach relies on a new
smooth mollifier for functions of measures, which unfortunately does not
keep the monotonicity property, and the stability result of master
equations. The talk is based on a joint work with Jianfeng Zhang.
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