On global stability of optimal rearrangement maps

Abstract

We study the nonlocal vectorial transport equation $\partial_ty+ (\mathbb{P} y \cdot \nabla) y=0$ on bounded domains of $\mathbb{R}^d$ where $\mathbb{P}$ denotes the Leray projector. This equation was introduced to obtain the unique optimal rearrangement of a given map $y_0$ as the infinite time limit of the solution with initial data $y_0$ (\cite{AHT, Macthesis, Brenier09}). We rigorously justify this expectation by proving that for initial maps $y_0$ sufficiently close to maps with strictly convex potential, the solutions $y$ are global in time and converge exponentially fast to the optimal rearrangement of $y_0$ as time tends to infinity.