Mean field approximation in conformation dynamics
Numerical Analysis
2009-07-13 v1 Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
We propose a new approach to the transfer operator based analysis of the conformation dynamics of molecules. It is based on a statistical independence ansatz for the eigenfunctions of the operator related to a partitioning into subsystems. Numerical tests performed on small systems show excellent qualitative agreement between mean field and exact model, at greatly reduced computational cost.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0907.1844,
title = {Mean field approximation in conformation dynamics},
author = {Gero Friesecke and Oliver Junge and Péter Koltai},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0907.1844},
year = {2009}
}