@article{11739,
  abstract     = {We consider finite-volume approximations of Fokker--Planck equations on bounded convex domains in $\mathbb{R}^d$ and study the corresponding gradient flow structures. We reprove the convergence of the discrete to continuous Fokker--Planck equation via the method of evolutionary $\Gamma$-convergence, i.e., we pass to the limit at the level of the gradient flow structures, generalizing the one-dimensional result obtained by Disser and Liero. The proof is of variational nature and relies on a Mosco convergence result for functionals in the discrete-to-continuum limit that is of independent interest. Our results apply to arbitrary regular meshes, even though the associated discrete transport distances may fail to converge to the Wasserstein distance in this generality.},
  author       = {Forkert, Dominik L and Maas, Jan and Portinale, Lorenzo},
  issn         = {1095-7154},
  journal      = {SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis},
  keywords     = {Fokker--Planck equation, gradient flow, evolutionary $\Gamma$-convergence},
  number       = {4},
  pages        = {4297--4333},
  publisher    = {Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics},
  title        = {{Evolutionary $\Gamma$-convergence of entropic gradient flow structures for Fokker-Planck equations in multiple dimensions}},
  doi          = {10.1137/21M1410968},
  volume       = {54},
  year         = {2022},
}

@article{12305,
  abstract     = {This paper is concerned with the sharp interface limit for the Allen--Cahn equation with a nonlinear Robin boundary condition in a bounded smooth domain Ω⊂\R2. We assume that a diffuse interface already has developed and that it is in contact with the boundary ∂Ω. The boundary condition is designed in such a way that the limit problem is given by the mean curvature flow with constant α-contact angle. For α close to 90° we prove a local in time convergence result for well-prepared initial data for times when a smooth solution to the limit problem exists. Based on the latter we construct a suitable curvilinear coordinate system and carry out a rigorous asymptotic expansion for the Allen--Cahn equation with the nonlinear Robin boundary condition. Moreover, we show a spectral estimate for the corresponding linearized Allen--Cahn operator and with its aid we derive strong norm estimates for the difference of the exact and approximate solutions using a Gronwall-type argument.},
  author       = {Abels, Helmut and Moser, Maximilian},
  issn         = {1095-7154},
  journal      = {SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis},
  keywords     = {Applied Mathematics, Computational Mathematics, Analysis},
  number       = {1},
  pages        = {114--172},
  publisher    = {Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics},
  title        = {{Convergence of the Allen--Cahn equation with a nonlinear Robin boundary condition to mean curvature flow with contact angle close to 90°}},
  doi          = {10.1137/21m1424925},
  volume       = {54},
  year         = {2022},
}

@article{9781,
  abstract     = {We consider the Pekar functional on a ball in ℝ3. We prove uniqueness of minimizers, and a quadratic lower bound in terms of the distance to the minimizer. The latter follows from nondegeneracy of the Hessian at the minimum.},
  author       = {Feliciangeli, Dario and Seiringer, Robert},
  issn         = {1095-7154},
  journal      = {SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis},
  keywords     = {Applied Mathematics, Computational Mathematics, Analysis},
  number       = {1},
  pages        = {605--622},
  publisher    = {Society for Industrial & Applied Mathematics },
  title        = {{Uniqueness and nondegeneracy of minimizers of the Pekar functional on a ball}},
  doi          = {10.1137/19m126284x},
  volume       = {52},
  year         = {2020},
}