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We propose an alternative interpretation of Markovian transport models based on the well-mixedness condition, in terms of the properties of a random velocity field with second order structure functions scaling linearly in the space time…
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In a mixture of scalar fields undergoing diffusive processes governed by Fick's law, the concentration at each point evolves linearly in the concentrations at all points and independently from the other concentrations, when one considers a…
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