Partial differential equations

On a structure-preserving numerical method for fractional Fokker-Planck equations

In this paper, we introduce and analyse numerical schemes for the homogeneous and the kinetic Lévy-Fokker-Planck equation. The discretizations are designed to preserve the main features of the continuous model such as conservation of mass, …

Mean-field and graph limits for collective dynamics models with time-varying weights

In this paper, we study a model for opinion dynamics where the influence weights of agents evolve in time via an equation which is coupled with the opinions’ evolution. We explore the natural question of the large population limit with two …

A note on hypocoercivity for kinetic equations with heavy-tailed equilibrium

In this paper we are interested in the large time behavior of linear kinetic equations with heavy-tailed local equilibria. Our main contribution concerns the kinetic Lévy-Fokker- Planck equation, for which we adapt hypocoercivity techniques in order …

Numerical Study of the Uchiyama particle model

Derivation of the linear Boltzmann equation without cut-off starting from particles

We provide a rigorous derivation of the linear Boltzmann equation without cut-off starting from a system of particles interacting via a potential with infinite range as the number of particles N goes to infinity under the Boltzmann-Grad scaling. The …

Regularity of velocity averages for transport equations on random discrete velocity grids

We go back to the question of the regularity of the velocity average ${\int f(x,v)\psi(v) d \mu( v)}$when $f$ and $v\cdot \nabla\_xf$ both belong to $L^2$, and the variable $v$ lies in a discrete subset of $\mathbb R^D$. First of all, we provide a …

Stochastic Discrete Velocity Averaging Lemmas and Rosseland Approximation

In this note, we investigate some questions around velocity averaging lemmas, a class of results which ensure the regularity of the velocity average ${\int f(x,v)\psi(v) d \mu( v)}$ when $v\cdot \nabla\_xf$ both belong to $L^p$, $p \in \[1, \infty)$ …

From Newton’s law to the linear Boltzmann equation without cut-off

We provide a rigorous derivation of the linear Boltzmann equation without cut-off starting from a system of particles interacting via a potential with infinite range as the number of particles N goes to infinity under the Boltzmann-Grad scaling. The …

Influence du stochastique sur des problèmatiques de changement d'échelle

The work of this thesis belongs to the field of partial differential equations. More specifically, it is linked to the problematic of scale changes in the context of kinetic of gas. Indeed, knowing that there exists different scales of description for a gas (microscopic, mesoscopic and macroscopic scale), we want to link these different associated scales in a context where some randomness acts, in initial data and/or distributed on all the time interval.