The small-mass limit for Langevin dynamics with unbounded coefficients and positive friction (Q300618)
From MaRDI portal
scientific article
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | The small-mass limit for Langevin dynamics with unbounded coefficients and positive friction |
scientific article |
Statements
The small-mass limit for Langevin dynamics with unbounded coefficients and positive friction (English)
0 references
28 June 2016
0 references
It is shown that the Langevin stochastic dynamics of a mechanical mass converges to a meaningful limit when this mass tends to zero. As an illustrative application example, one considers Newtonian dynamics with unbounded potentials.
0 references
small-mass limit
0 references
Smoluchowski-Kramers approximation
0 references
locally Lipschitz coefficients
0 references
