A constant is a distributional solution of the drift-diffusion equation #
For every admissible drift (B, div B) (IsAdmissibleDrift) and every constant c, the
constant function is a distributional solution of eq:aniso:comparison:equation on
Vec m × I (IsDistributionalDriftDiffusion): against any test function φ, each of the
three pairings ∫ timeDeriv φ, ∫ partialLaplacian φ, and ∫ (gradPair φ (B·) + div B · φ)
vanishes over the whole space, the first two because a compactly supported smooth function's
directional derivative integrates to zero, the third by Fubini together with the admissible
drift's weak-divergence identity isAdmissibleDrift_weak_divergence.
Compact support and continuity of the spatial slice and its gradient pairing #
From a slicewise a.e. property to the product-measure a.e. property #
A compactly supported smooth function's directional derivative integrates to zero #
A directional derivative of a compactly supported smooth function is globally integrable against any additive Haar measure.
A compactly supported smooth function's directional derivative integrates to zero over the
whole space, for any additive Haar measure. This is the divergence theorem for a single
direction, with no boundary term since k vanishes outside a compact set.
The time-derivative and Laplacian pairings vanish over the whole space #
The time derivative of a test function is globally integrable.
The partial Laplacian of a test function is globally integrable.
The drift pairing is globally integrable and its total pairing vanishes #
The two commutator-drift terms of the distributional pairing, integrated jointly against a test function, cancel: the divergence theorem for the truncated Laplacian's first-order sibling.
The main theorem #
A constant is a distributional solution of eq:aniso:comparison:equation for every
admissible drift. Against any test function φ, the pairing splits into the time derivative,
the Laplacian, and the drift terms, each of which integrates to zero over the whole space
(integral_timeDeriv_eq_zero, integral_partialLaplacian_eq_zero,
integral_gradPair_add_divB_mul_eq_zero), so the total pairing against the constant c
vanishes as well.