Presentation of the Main Results

Author(s):  
Pierre Cardaliaguet ◽  
François Delarue ◽  
Jean-Michel Lasry ◽  
Pierre-Louis Lions

This chapter collects the main results of the master equation for the convergence of the Nash system. It explains the notation used, specifies the notion of derivatives in the space of measures, and describes the assumptions on the data. One of the striking features of the master equation is that it involves derivatives of the unknown with respect to the measure. This chapter also discusses the link between the two notions of derivatives, which have been used in the mean field game (MFG) theory. The main result states that the master equation has a unique classical solution under the regularity and monotonicity assumptions on H, F, and G. Once the master equation has a solution, this solution can be used to build approximate solutions for the Nash system with N-players.

Author(s):  
Pierre Cardaliaguet ◽  
François Delarue ◽  
Jean-Michel Lasry ◽  
Pierre-Louis Lions

This chapter investigates the second-order master equation with common noise, which requires the well-posedness of the mean field game (MFG) system. It also defines and analyzes the solution of the master equation. The chapter explains the forward component of the MFG system that is recognized as the characteristics of the master equation. The regularity of the solution of the master equation is explored through the tangent process that solves the linearized MFG system. It also analyzes first-order differentiability and second-order differentiability in the direction of the measure on the same model as for the first-order derivatives. This chapter concludes with further description of the derivation of the master equation and well-posedness of the stochastic MFG system.


2011 ◽  
Vol 25 (22) ◽  
pp. 1839-1845 ◽  
Author(s):  
ARTEM V. BABICH ◽  
LESYA N. KITCENKO ◽  
VYACHESLAV F. KLEPIKOV

In this article, we consider a model that allows one to describe critical phenomena in systems with higher powers and derivatives of order parameter. The systems considered have critical points with joint multicritical and Lifshitz-point-like properties. We assess the lower and upper critical dimensions of these systems. These calculation enable us to find the fluctuation region where the mean field theory description does not work.


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thibault Bonnemain ◽  
Thierry Gobron ◽  
Denis Ullmo

Mean Field Games provide a powerful framework to analyze the dynamics of a large number of controlled agents in interaction. Here we consider such systems when the interactions between agents result in a negative coordination and analyze the behavior of the associated system of coupled PDEs using the now well established correspondence with the non linear Schrödinger equation. We focus on the long optimization time limit and on configurations such that the game we consider goes through different regimes in which the relative importance of disorder, interactions between agents and external potential vary, which makes possible to get insights on the role of the forward-backward structure of the Mean Field Game equations in relation with the way these various regimes are connected.


2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 259-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcel Nutz ◽  
Jaime San Martin ◽  
Xiaowei Tan
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2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 569-591 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre Cardaliaguet ◽  
Saeed Hadikhanloo

Mean Field Game systems describe equilibrium configurations in differential games with infinitely many infinitesimal interacting agents. We introduce a learning procedure (similar to the Fictitious Play) for these games and show its convergence when the Mean Field Game is potential.


Author(s):  
G.A. Prataviera ◽  
S.S. Mizrahi

A system of N spin-1/2 particles interacting with a thermal reservoir is used as a pedagogical example for advanced undergraduate and graduate students. We introduce and illustrate some methods, approximations, and phenomena related to dissipation and nonlinearity in many-particle physics. We start our analysis from the dynamical Sudarshan-Lindblad quantum master equation for the density operator of a system S interacting with a thermal reservoir R. We derive the quantum version of the so-called Bogoliubov-Born-Green-Kirkwood-Yvon (BBGKY) equations such that the master equation can be decomposed in a hierarchical set of N - 1 equations (N > 1). The hierarchy is broken by introducing the mean-field approximation and reducing the problem to a nonlinear single particle system. In this scenario, the Hamiltonian is nonlinear (i.e., it depends on the state of <S), although the superoperator responsible for the dissipation and decoherence of S remains unaffected. To provide a useful tool to students: (1) we discuss the physical approximations involved, (2) we derive the analytical solution to the mean values equations of motion resulting from the Hamiltonian, (3) we solve analytically the master equation in the stationary regime, (4) we obtain and discuss the solution of the nonlinear master equation, numerically, and finally, (5) we discuss the master equation beyond the mean-field approximation and show how to introduce higher order quantum correlations that have been previously neglected.


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