Macroscopically observable probability currents in finite populations

DOI10.1088/1742-5468/2013/06/P06008zbMATH Open1456.82789arXiv1304.2624MaRDI QIDQ3301624FDOQ3301624

Authors: D. I. Russell, R. A. Blythe 

Publication date: 11 August 2020

Published in: Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In finite-size population models, one can derive Fokker-Planck equations to describe the fluctuations of the species numbers about the deterministic behaviour. In the steady state of populations comprising two or more species, it is permissible for a probability current to flow. In such a case, the system does not relax to equilibrium but instead reaches a non-equilibrium steady state. In a two-species model, these currents form cycles (e.g., ellipses) in probability space. We investigate the conditions under which such currents are solely responsible for macroscopically-observable cycles in population abundances. We find that this can be achieved when the deterministic limit yields a circular neutrally-stable manifold. We further discuss the efficacy of one-dimensional approximation to the diffusion on the manifold, and obtain estimates for the macroscopically-observable current around this manifold by appealing to Kramers' escape rate theory.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1304.2624

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Population dynamics (general) (92D25) Stochastic methods (Fokker-Planck, Langevin, etc.) applied to problems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C31)

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