Darwinian evolution as Brownian motion on the simplex: a geometric perspective on stochastic replicator dynamics (Q6103971)

In the paper, the author proves that stochastic replicator dynamics can be interpreted as intrinsic Brownian motion on the simplex equipped with the Aitchison geometry. As an immediate consequence, the author derives three approximation results in the spirit of Wong-Zakai approximation, Donsker's invariance principle and a JKO-scheme. Using the Fokker-Planck equation and Wasserstein-contraction estimates, the author also studies the long time behavior of the stochastic replicator equation, as an example of a nongradient drift diffusion on the Aitchison simplex.