Quentin Cormier, INRIA

Stability and metastability in mean-field equations
Date
Nov 1, 2023, 4:30 pm5:30 pm
Location
Sherrerd 101

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Event Description

Consider the following mean-field equation on R^d:
   d X_t = V(X_t, mu_t) dt + d B_t,  where mu_t is the law of X_t, the drift V(x, mu) is smooth and confining, and (B_t) is a standard Brownian motion.
This McKean-Vlasov equation may admit multiple invariant probability measures. I will discuss the (local) stability of one of these equilibria.
Using Lions derivatives, a stability criterion is derived, analogous to the Jacobian stability criterion for ODEs.  Under this spectral condition, the equilibrium is shown to be attractive for the Wasserstein metric W1. In addition, I will discuss a metastable behavior of the associated particle system, around a stable equilibrium of the mean-field equation.
 

Event Category
Financial Mathematics Seminar