Concentration limit for non-local dissipative convection–diffusion kernels on the hyperbolic space

We study a non-local evolution equation on the hyperbolic space $H^N$. We first consider a model for particle transport governed by a non-local interaction kernel defined on the tangent bundle and invariant under the geodesic flow. We study the relaxation limit of this model to a local transport problem, as the kernel gets concentrated near the origin of each tangent space. Under some regularity and integrability conditions on the kernel, we prove that the solution of the rescaled non-local problem converges to that of the local transport equation. Then, we construct a large class of interaction kernels that satisfy those conditions.

We also consider a non-local, non-linear convection–diffusion equation on $H^N$ governed by two kernels, one for each of the diffusion and convection parts, and we prove that the solution converges to the solution of a local problem as the kernels get concentrated. We prove and then use in this sense a compactness tool on manifolds inspired by the work of Bourgain–Brezis–Mironescu.