Calculus of Variations and Geometric Measure Theory

D. Carazzato - A. Pratelli - I. Topaloglu

Particle approximation of nonlocal interaction energies

created by carazzato on 04 Jun 2025
modified on 09 Oct 2025

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Inserted: 4 jun 2025
Last Updated: 9 oct 2025

Journal: Nonlinear Analysis
Volume: 263
Year: 2026
Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.na.2025.113974

ArXiv: 2506.02905 PDF

Abstract:

We consider Riesz-type nonlocal energies with general interaction kernels and their discretizations related to particle systems. We prove that the discretized energies $\Gamma$-converge in the weak-$*$ topology to the Riesz functional defined over the space of probability measures. We also address the minimization problem for the discretized energies, and prove the existence of minimal configurations of particles in a very general and natural setting.