Special Session 82: Recent Advances in Nonlinear PDEs and Free Boundary Problems

Regularity Results for Stationary Mean-Field Games with Logarithmic Couplings
Diogo Gomes
KAUST
Saudi Arabia
Co-Author(s):    Tigran Bakaryan and Giuseppe Di Fazio
Abstract:
In this joint work with Tigran Bakaryan and Giuseppe Di Fazio, we present recent findings on the regularity properties of stationary mean-field games (MFGs) on the torus, focusing on systems with Lipschitz non-homogeneous diffusion and logarithmic-like couplings. The goal is to bridge the gap between known low-regularity results for bounded diffusions and the smooth solutions typically associated with the Laplacian. By employing the Hopf-Cole transformation, we reformulate the system into a scalar elliptic equation, enabling us to establish the existence of $C^{1,\alpha}$ solutions. These results have significant implications for understanding the fine structure of equilibria in MFG models, especially in applications with non-linear and non-smooth dynamics.