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Velocity-alignment entropy production (dtd​∫flogf=d∬Kρρ⋆​dxdx⋆​)

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For the mean-field alignment equation in d position and d velocity coordinates, put ρ=∫fddv. Its force has velocity-space divergence −d∫Kρ⋆​ddx⋆​. Consequently integration by parts gives the nonnegative derivative in the title, assuming suitable positivity, decay and integrability. The fine-grained Gibbs entropy decreases because these dynamics contract phase space; the interaction is dissipative.

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