Eigenvalues of the Fokker–Planck Operator and the Approach to Equilibrium for Diffusions in Potential Fields

DOI10.1137/0140020zbMath0477.60057OpenAlexW2078801520MaRDI QIDQ3935235

Publication date: 1981

Published in: SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1137/0140020

zbMATH Keywords

chemical reaction Brownian particle in an infinite potential field eigenvalues of Fokker-Planck equations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stochastic ordinary differential equations (aspects of stochastic analysis) (60H10) Diffusion processes (60J60) Chemical kinetics in thermodynamics and heat transfer (80A30) Applications of Brownian motions and diffusion theory (population genetics, absorption problems, etc.) (60J70)

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