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The diffusion equation and the principle of minimum Fisher information

Statistical Mechanics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

It is shown that the diffusion equation and its adjoint (time reversed) equation can be derived with only a few assumptions, using an information-theoretic approach based on the principle of minimum Fisher information

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9910039,
  title  = {The diffusion equation and the principle of minimum Fisher information},
  author = {Marcel Reginatto and Florian Lengyel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9910039},
  year   = {2007}
}

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