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Communications in Mathematical Sciences
Volume 7 (2009)
Number 2
A simple proof of the Cucker-Smale flocking dynamics and mean-field limit
Pages: 297 – 325
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4310/CMS.2009.v7.n2.a2
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Abstract
We present a simple proof on the formation of flocking to the Cucker-Smale system based on the explicit construction of a Lyapunov functional. Our results also provide a unified condition on the initial states in which the exponential convergence to flocking state will occur. For large particle systems, we give a rigorous justification for the mean-field limit from the many particle Cucker-Smale system to the Vlasov equation with flocking dissipation as the number of particles goes to infinity.
Keywords
Flocking, swarming, emergence, self-driven particles system, autonomous agents, Vlasov equation, Lyapunov functional, measure valued solution, Kantorovich-Rubinstein distance
2010 Mathematics Subject Classification
Primary 92C17. Secondary 82C22, 82C40.
Published 1 January 2009