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Hypocoercive Langevin dynamics on the Lie group $\mathrm{SE}(2)$

Probability 2026-05-13 v1 Differential Geometry Functional Analysis

Abstract

We consider a Langevin-type diffusion on the planar motion group SE(2)\mathrm{SE}(2), describing the coupled evolution of position and orientation with degenerate noise acting only in the rotational direction. Although hypocoercivity for related models on R2×S1\mathbb{R}^2 \times \mathbb{S}^1 is well understood, our purpose is to present an intrinsic formulation on the Lie group SE(2)\mathrm{SE}(2), and to highlight the underlying geometric mechanism. By expressing the generator in terms of invariant vector fields and using the natural projection onto the kernel of the symmetric part, we show how an effective macroscopic diffusion on R2\mathbb{R}^2 emerges through averaging over the compact rotation subgroup.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2605.12175,
  title  = {Hypocoercive Langevin dynamics on the Lie group $\mathrm{SE}(2)$},
  author = {Martin Grothaus and Andrea V. Hurtado-Quiceno},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.12175},
  year   = {2026}
}