Mean-field limit for the complex Euler–Monge–Ampère equation

Let x1(t),,xN(t)x_1(t),\ldots,x_N(t) be the trajectories of the Hamiltonian flow generated by E(N)E^{(N)}, and let δN((x1(t),,xN(t)))\delta_N((x_1(t),\ldots,x_N(t))) be their empirical measure. Let ρt\rho_t and uρtu_{\rho_t} satisfy the complex Euler–Monge–Ampère evolution equation on XX:

ρtt=(ρtJuρt),1Vol(L)(ddcuρt+θ)n=ρtωxn.\frac{\partial\rho_t}{\partial t}=-\nabla\cdot(\rho_tJ\nabla u_{\rho_t}),\qquad \frac{1}{\operatorname{Vol}(L)}(dd^cu_{\rho_t}+\theta)^n=\rho_t\omega_x^n.

A solution is smooth when, for every fixed t>0t>0, ρt\rho_t and uρtu_{\rho_t} are smooth and tρt(x)t\mapsto\rho_t(x) is differentiable for every fixed xXx\in X; for the initial-value problem, assume ρtρ0\rho_t\to\rho_0 in L(X)L^\infty(X) as t0t\to0. Complex Euler–Monge–Ampère mean-field conjecture. If at time t=0t=0,

limNδN((x1(t),,xN(t)))=ρ0dV,\lim_{N\rightarrow\infty}\delta_N\left((x_1(t),\ldots,x_N(t))\right)=\rho_0dV,

then for every later time t>0t>0,

limNδN((x1(t),,xN(t)))=ρtdV,\lim_{N\rightarrow\infty}\delta_N\left((x_1(t),\ldots,x_N(t))\right)=\rho_tdV,

where ρt\rho_t is a solution of the corresponding initial-value problem for the complex Euler–Monge–Ampère equation. The conjecture asserts propagation of the empirical-measure limit under the many-particle Hamiltonian dynamics and identifies its limiting evolution; the supplied text gives no resolution.

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Primary source

Robert J. Berman, “Kähler-Einstein metrics arising from micro-canonical measures and Hamiltonian dynamics”, arXiv:2503.11157 (2025).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2018–2025). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1810.06939.

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