Séminaire Analyse Numérique et EDP
An optimal transport approach to free boundary problems
29
Feb. 2024
Feb. 2024
Intervenant : | Kim Young-Heon |
Institution : | University of British Columbia |
Heure : | 14h00 - 15h00 |
Lieu : | 3L8 |
In this talk, we discuss how optimal transport, which is a theory for matching different distributions in a cost effective way, is applied to stochastic processes, then to free boundary problems. In particular, we focus on the Stefan problem which is a free boundary problem describing the interface between water and ice. We consider the case where mass is carried by the stochastic process, and the transportation is determined by a stopping time, a random time for stopping the process. Our approach is related to the Skorokhod problem, a classical problem in probability regarding the Brownian motion.