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The Fokker-Planck equation needs to be modified when the diffusion parameters are not constant, in order to match it with the backward equation. It even becomes simpler, and the integration of the underlying stochastic differential equation…
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We use separation of variables as a tool to identify and to analyze exactly soluble time-dependent quantum mechanical potentials. By considering the most general possible time-dependent re-definition of the spatial coordinate, as well as…
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We develop the principle of dynamic invariance to obtain closed moment equations from the Fokker-Planck kinetic equation. The analysis is carried out to explicit formulae for computation of the lowest eigenvalue and of the corresponding…
Any complex-valued polynomial on $(\mathbb{R}^n)^k$ decomposes into an algebraic combination of $O(n)$-invariant polynomials and harmonic polynomials. This decomposition, separation of variables, is granted to be unique if $n \geq 2k-1$. We…
The Fokker-Planck Equation, applied to transport processes in fusion plasmas, can model several anomalous features, including uphill transport, scaling of confinement time with system size, and convective propagation of externally induced…
Covariance of the resulting probabilities requires the "anti-Ito" sense. The corresponding Fokker-Planck equation is simplified and preserves important features of the case with a constant diffusion. Multiplicative noise can always be…
The method of separation of variables is significant, it has been applied to physics, engineering , chemistry and other fields. It allows to reduce the diffculity of problems by separating the variables from partial differential equation…
We propose a new approach to the combinatorial interpretations of linearization coefficient problem of orthogonal polynomials. We first establish a difference system and then solve it combinatorially and analytically using the method of…
An analogy of the Fokker-Planck equation (FPE) with the Schr\"odinger equation allows us to use quantum mechanics technique to find the analytical solution of the FPE in a number of cases. However, previous studies have been limited to the…