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The aim of this note is to propose a novel numerical scheme for drift-less one dimensional stochastic differential equations of It\^o's type driven by standard Brownian motion. Our approximation method is equivalent to the well known…

Probability · Mathematics 2024-07-24 Alberto Lanconelli , Berk Tan Perçin

Over three decades ago the advection-diffusion equation for a steady fluid velocity field was homogenized, leading to a Stieltjes integral representation for the effective diffusivity, which is given in terms of a spectral measure of a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-04-30 N. B. Murphy , D. Hallman , E. Cherkaev , J. Xin , K. M. Golden

In this paper we proceed with investigation of connections between Fokker - Planck equation and continuum mechanics. We base upon expressions from our work [2], based upon the spectral decomposition of Fokker - Planck equation solution. In…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2007-09-17 Igor A. Tanski

Motivated by a recent paper by Barrett and S\"uli [J.W. Barrett & E. S\"uli: Existence of global weak solutions to compressible isentropic finitely extensible bead-spring chain models for dilute polymers, Math. Models Methods Appl. Sci., 26…

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We study exclusion processes on the integer lattice in which particles change their velocities due to stickiness. Specifically, whenever two or more particles occupy adjacent sites, they stick together for an extended period of time, and…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-08-11 Miklós Z. Rácz , Mykhaylo Shkolnikov

In this paper we present a study of anomalous diffusion using a Fokker-Planck description with fractional velocity derivatives. The distribution functions are found using numerical means for varying degree of fractionality observing the…

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This paper introduces a comprehensive extension of the path integral formalism to model stochastic processes with arbitrary multiplicative noise. To do so, It\^o diffusive process is generalized by incorporating a multiplicative noise term…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-03-06 F. S. Abril-Bermúdez , C. J. Quimbay , J. E. Trinidad-Segovia , M. A Sánchez-Granero

We have directly observed short-time stress propagation in viscoelastic fluids using two optically trapped particles and a fast interferometric particle-tracking technique. We have done this both by recording correlations in the thermal…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-13 M. Atakhorrami , D. Mizuno , G. H. Koenderink , T. B. Liverpool , F. C. MacKintosh , C. F. Schmidt

The mechanics and statistical mechanics of a suspension of active particles are determined by the traction (force per unit area) on their surfaces. Here we present an exact solution of the direct boundary integral equation for the traction…

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In this paper we analyze fractional Fokker-Planck equation describing subdiffusion in the general infinitely divisible (ID) setting. We show that in the case of space-time-dependent drift and diffusion and time-dependent jump coefficient,…

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According to a traditional point of view Boltzmann entropy is intimately related to linear Fokker-Planck equations (Smoluchowski, Klein-Kramers, and Rayleigh equations) that describe a well-known nonequilibrium phenomenon: (normal) Brownian…

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The score function for the diffusion process, also known as the gradient of the log-density, is a basic concept to characterize the probability flow with important applications in the score-based diffusion generative modelling and the…

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We derive the probability density function of the positive occupation time of one-dimensional Brownian motion with two-valued drift. Long time asymptotics of the density are also computed. We use the result to describe the transitional…

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Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-03-07 Jonathan Zinsl

Stochastic processes, in the form of stochastic differential equations (SDEs), integrate stochastic elements to account for the inherent randomness in sediment particle trajectories in an open-channel turbulent flow. Accordingly, a…

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We present a field theoretic approach to capture the motion of a particle with dry friction for one- and two-dimensional diffusive particles, and further expand the framework for two-dimensional active Brownian particles. Starting with the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-09-18 Ziluo Zhang , Shurui Yuan , Shigeyuki Komura

We present an analytical framework to study the first-passage (FP) and first-return (FR) distributions for the broad family of models described by the one-dimensional Fokker-Planck equation in finite domains, identifying general properties…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-10-31 Oriol Artime , Nagi Khalil , Raul Toral , Maxi San Miguel

Brownian motion with coordinate dependent damping and diffusivity is ubiquitous. Understanding equilibrium of a Brownian particle with coordinate dependent diffusion and damping is a contentious area. In this paper, we present an…

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