The Fokker-Planck Equation: Methods of Solution and Applications
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Main Author: Risken, Hannes (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1996
Edition:Second Edition
Series:Springer Series in Synergetics 18
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:This book deals with the derivation of the Fokker-Planck equation, methods of solving it and some of its applications. Various methods such as the simulation method, the eigenfunction expansion, numerical integration, the variational method, and the matrix continued-fraction method are discussed. This is the first time that this last method, which is very effective in dealing with simple Fokker-Planck equations having two variables, appears in a textbook. The methods of solution are applied to the statistics of a simple laser model and to Brownian motion in potentials. Such Brownian motion is important in solid-state physics, chemical physics and electric circuit theory. This new study edition is meant as a text for graduate students in physics, chemical physics, and electrical engineering
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (XIV, 474p. 95 illus)
ISBN:9783642615443
9783540615309
ISSN:0172-7389
DOI:10.1007/978-3-642-61544-3

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