 Fokker--Planck free-energy functional (source code)

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= Fokker--Planck free-energy functional

For positive-definite $D$ and no-flux boundaries,
$$
\mathcal F[P]=\int(VP+P\log P)\,dx
$$
decreases as $\dot{\mathcal F}=-\int P\nabla(V+\log P)^TD\nabla(V+\log P)\,dx$. Its unique normalized minimizer is proportional to $e^{-V}$.

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