Uniqueness and characterization of local minimizers for the interaction energy with mildly repulsive potentials

Kyungkeun Kang, Hwa Kil Kim, Tongseok Lim, Geuntaek Seo

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Abstract

In this paper, we are concerned with local minimizers of an interaction energy governed by repulsive–attractive potentials of power-law type in one dimension. We prove that sum of two Dirac masses is the unique local minimizer under the λ-Wasserstein metric topology with 1 ≤ λ< ∞, provided masses and distance of Dirac deltas are equally half and one, respectively. In addition, in case of ∞-Wasserstein metric, we characterize stability of steady-state solutions depending on powers of interaction potentials.

Original languageEnglish
Article number15
JournalCalculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations
Volume60
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021 Feb

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All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Analysis
  • Applied Mathematics

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