The derivative of the Moreau–Yosida approximation in the time step #
For an energy φ : X → EReal and a point x, the Moreau–Yosida approximation
φ_τ(x) = inf_y (φ y + d(x, y)² / (2τ)) is nonincreasing in the time step τ. This file computes
its derivative: if y_τ ∈ J_τ x is a resolvent step for each τ in an interval, then
d/dτ φ_τ(x) = -d(x, y_τ)² / (2τ²)
at every time where τ ↦ d(x, y_τ) is continuous, hence at all but countably many times, and
integrating gives the energy identity of De Giorgi's variational interpolation
φ_τ(x) + ∫₀^τ d(x, y_r)² / (2r²) dr = φ(x)
for a lower semicontinuous energy and φ(x) finite. Combined with the slope estimate
|∂φ|(y_r) ≤ d(x, y_r) / r this gives the discrete energy–dissipation inequality
φ_τ(x) + ∫₀^τ |∂φ|²(y_r) / 2 dr ≤ φ(x) that drives the convergence of the minimizing movement
scheme.
The resolvent steps y_τ are an arbitrary selection, with no measurability assumed: the
monotonicity of τ ↦ d(x, y_τ) is what makes the integrals meaningful. The time step is a real
number r, entering the Moreau–Yosida approximation as r.toNNReal, so that the integrals are
ordinary interval integrals.
Main results #
TauCeti.moreauYosida_add_le_of_mem_moreauYosidaResolvent: ifz ∈ J_τ x, thenφ_σ(x) + d(x, z)² / (2τ) ≤ φ_τ(x) + d(x, z)² / (2σ)for every time stepσ.TauCeti.hasDerivAt_toReal_moreauYosida: the derivative-d(x, y_r)² / (2r²)ofr ↦ φ_r(x)at a timer > 0wherer ↦ d(x, y_r)is continuous.TauCeti.countable_not_hasDerivAt_toReal_moreauYosida: this derivative formula holds at all but countably many times of an interval.TauCeti.moreauYosida_eq_add_integral:φ_τ(x) = φ_σ(x) + ∫_τ^σ d(x, y_r)² / (2r²) dr.TauCeti.tendsto_moreauYosida_nhdsGT_zero: forφlower semicontinuous atxwithφ_σ(x) ≠ ⊥for someσ > 0,φ_τ(x) → φ(x)asτ → 0⁺.TauCeti.moreauYosida_add_integral_eq: the De Giorgi energy identityφ_σ(x) + ∫₀^σ d(x, y_r)² / (2r²) dr = φ(x), withTauCeti.intervalIntegrable_edist_sq_div_of_forall_mem_moreauYosidaResolventfor the integrability of the integrand andTauCeti.moreauYosida_add_integral_lefor the inequality without lower semicontinuity.TauCeti.moreauYosida_add_lintegral_descendingSlope_le: the discrete energy–dissipation inequalityφ_σ(x) + ∫₀^σ |∂φ|²(y_r) / 2 dr ≤ φ(x).TauCeti.apply_add_add_lintegral_descendingSlope_le: the same inequality for a resolvent stepz ∈ J_τ x, asφ z + d(x, z)² / (2τ) + ∫₀^τ |∂φ|²(y_r) / 2 dr ≤ φ(x), with no finiteness hypotheses.
References #
- L. Ambrosio, N. Gigli, G. Savaré, Gradient Flows in Metric Spaces and in the Space of Probability Measures, 2nd ed., Birkhäuser 2008, Chapter 3, Sections 3.1 and 3.2, in particular Theorem 3.1.4.
Comparison of Moreau–Yosida approximations at two time steps. If z ∈ J_τ x is a resolvent
step, then z is a competitor for the Moreau–Yosida approximation at every other time step σ,
which gives φ_σ(x) + d(x, z)² / (2τ) ≤ φ_τ(x) + d(x, z)² / (2σ).
The derivative of the Moreau–Yosida approximation in the time step. Let y s ∈ J_s x be a
resolvent step for all times s near r > 0, with φ_r(x) finite. If s ↦ d(x, y s) is
continuous at r, then s ↦ φ_s(x) has derivative -d(x, y r)² / (2r²) at r.
The derivative formula holds off a countable set. Let y r ∈ J_r x be a resolvent step for
every time r in an interval (a, b) with a ≥ 0, and let φ_a(x) ≠ ⊤ and φ_b(x) ≠ ⊥. Then
r ↦ φ_r(x) has derivative -d(x, y r)² / (2r²) at all but countably many r ∈ (a, b).
Integrated derivative formula. Let y r ∈ J_r x be a resolvent step for every time
r ∈ [τ, σ], with 0 < τ, φ_τ(x) ≠ ⊤ and φ_σ(x) ≠ ⊥. Then
φ_τ(x) = φ_σ(x) + ∫_τ^σ d(x, y r)² / (2r²) dr.
Continuity of the Moreau–Yosida approximation at time zero. If φ is lower semicontinuous
at x and φ_σ(x) ≠ ⊥ for some σ > 0, then φ_τ(x) → φ(x) as τ → 0⁺. This holds also when
φ x = ⊤, and needs no resolvent steps.
The integrand d(x, y r)² / (2r²) of the De Giorgi energy identity is integrable on (0, σ],
when y r ∈ J_r x for every r ∈ (0, σ], φ(x) ≠ ⊤ and φ_σ(x) ≠ ⊥.
De Giorgi energy inequality. Let y r ∈ J_r x be a resolvent step for every time
r ∈ (0, σ], with φ(x) ≠ ⊤ and φ_σ(x) ≠ ⊥. Then
φ_σ(x) + ∫₀^σ d(x, y r)² / (2r²) dr ≤ φ(x). Equality holds when φ is lower semicontinuous at
x (TauCeti.moreauYosida_add_integral_eq).
De Giorgi energy identity. Let φ be lower semicontinuous at x with φ(x) ≠ ⊤, and let
y r ∈ J_r x be a resolvent step for every time r ∈ (0, σ], with φ_σ(x) ≠ ⊥. Then
φ_σ(x) + ∫₀^σ d(x, y r)² / (2r²) dr = φ(x).
Discrete energy–dissipation inequality. Let y r ∈ J_r x be a resolvent step for every
time r ∈ (0, σ], with φ(x) ≠ ⊤ and φ_σ(x) ≠ ⊥. Then
φ_σ(x) + ∫₀^σ |∂φ|²(y r) / 2 dr ≤ φ(x), where |∂φ| is the descending slope.
Discrete energy–dissipation inequality for one resolvent step. Let z ∈ J_τ x be a
resolvent step with time step τ > 0, and let y r ∈ J_r x be a resolvent step for every time
r ∈ (0, τ]. Then φ z + d(x, z)² / (2τ) + ∫₀^τ |∂φ|²(y r) / 2 dr ≤ φ(x), where |∂φ| is the
descending slope. Unlike TauCeti.moreauYosida_add_lintegral_descendingSlope_le, no finiteness
hypothesis is needed: the inequality is trivial when φ x = ⊤ or φ z = ⊥.