Coupling local and nonlocal evolution equations

We prove existence, uniqueness and several qualitative properties for evolution equations that combine local and nonlocal diffusion operators acting in different subdomains and coupled in such a way that the resulting evolution equation is the gradient flow of an energy functional. We deal with the...

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Published in:Calculus of variations and partial differential equations 2020-08, Vol.59 (4), Article 112
Main Authors: Gárriz, Alejandro, Quirós, Fernando, Rossi, Julio D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control
Optimization
Control
Decay rate
Dirichlet problem
Evolution
Gradient flow
Mathematical and Computational Physics
Mathematics
Mathematics and Statistics
Systems Theory
Theoretical
Thermodynamics
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Summary:We prove existence, uniqueness and several qualitative properties for evolution equations that combine local and nonlocal diffusion operators acting in different subdomains and coupled in such a way that the resulting evolution equation is the gradient flow of an energy functional. We deal with the Cauchy, Neumann and Dirichlet problems, in the last two cases with zero boundary data. For the first two problems we prove that the model preserves the total mass. We also study the decay rates of the solutions for large times. Finally, we show that we can recover the usual heat equation (local diffusion) in a limit procedure when we rescale the nonlocal kernel in a suitable way.
ISSN:0944-2669
1432-0835
DOI:10.1007/s00526-020-01771-z