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We present a simulation algorithm that accurately propagates a molecule pair using large time steps without the need to invoke the full exact analytical solutions of the Smoluchowski diffusion equation. Because the proposed method only uses…
Low-dimensional periodic arrays of scatterers with a moving point particle are ideal models for studying deterministic diffusion. For such systems the diffusion coefficient is typically an irregular function under variation of a control…
A study of the diffusion of a passive Brownian particle on the surface of a sphere and subject to the effects of an external potential, coupled linearly to the probability density of the particle's position, is presented through a numerical…
We consider an invariant random matrix model where the standard Gaussian potential is distorted by an additional single pole of order $m$. We compute the average or macroscopic spectral density in the limit of large matrix size, solving the…
Diffusion-coagulation can be simply described by a dynamic where particles perform a random walk on a lattice and coalesce with probability unity when meeting on the same site. Such processes display non-equilibrium properties with strong…
In this article, we consider the solution to elliptic diffusion problems on a class of random domains obtained by log-Gaussian random homothety of the unit disk respectively an annulus. We model the problem under consideration and verify…
We present a proof for the existence and uniqueness of weak solutions for a cut-off and non cut-off model of non-linear diffusion equation in finite-dimensional space RD useful for modelling flows on porous medium with saturation, turbulent…
This paper considers a new model of individual displacement, based on fish motion, the so-called Persistent Turning Walker (PTW) model, which involves an Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process on the curvature of the particle trajectory. The goal is to…
We extend our approach for the exact solution of the Riemann problem in relativistic hydrodynamics to the case in which the fluid velocity has components tangential to the initial discontinuity. As in one-dimensional flows, we here show…
The most general one dimensional reaction-diffusion model with nearest-neighbor interactions, which is exactly-solvable through the empty interval method, has been introduced. Assuming translationally-invariant initial conditions, the…
We examine the dispersion of a passive scalar released in an incompressible fluid flow in an unbounded domain. The flow is assumed to be spatially periodic, with zero spatial average, and random in time, in the manner of the random-phase…
Our focus is on the fast diffusion equation driven by the $p$-Laplacian operator, that is $\partial_t u=\Delta_p u$ with $1<p<2$, posed in the whole space $\mathbb{R}^N$, $N\geq 2$. The nonnegative solutions are expected to converge in time…
The paper considers the distribution of a general linear combination of central and non-central chi-square random variables by exploring the branch cut regions that appear in the standard Laplace inversion process. Due to the original…
The method of maximum entropy has proven to be a rather powerful way to solve the inverse problem consisting of determining a probability density $f_S(s)$ on $[0,\infty)$ from the knowledge of the expected value of a few generalized…
We solve the Fokker-Planck equation for Brownian motion in a logarithmic potential. When the diffusion constant is below a critical value the solution approaches a non-normalizable scaling state, reminiscent of an infinite invariant…
We provide, in a general setting, explicit solutions for optimal stopping problems that involve diffusion process and its running maximum. Our approach is to use the excursion theory for Levy processes. Since general diffusions are, in…
Pulsed-gradient spin-echo (PGSE) MRI experiments probe molecular self-diffusion through spin phase accumulation under time-dependent magnetic field gradients. For diffusion confined to cylindrical surfaces, existing analytical signal models…
Diffusion models have shown remarkable empirical success in sampling from rich multi-modal distributions. Their inference relies on numerically solving a certain differential equation. This differential equation cannot be solved in closed…
The diffusion of a reactant to a binding target plays a key role in many biological processes. The reaction-radius at which the reactant and target may interact is often a small parameter relative to the diameter of the domain in which the…