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We investigate the well-posedness of a coupled Navier-Stokes-Fokker-Planck system with a time-fractional derivative. Such systems arise in the kinetic theory of dilute solutions of polymeric liquids, where the motion of noninteracting…
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Using computer simulations, we study the dynamics of colloidal particles with time-delayed feedback interactions. In particular, here we consider "feedback-pullers", i.e.~colloidal particles that are pulled away from their current position…