Long Term Effects of Small Random Perturbations on Dynamical Systems: Theoretical and Computational Tools

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DOI10.1007/978-1-4939-6969-2_2zbMATH Open1383.37035arXiv1604.03818OpenAlexW2337022095MaRDI QIDQ4604863FDOQ4604863


Authors: Tobias Grafke, Tobias Schäfer, Eric Vanden-Eijnden Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 6 March 2018

Published in: Recent Progress and Modern Challenges in Applied Mathematics, Modeling and Computational Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Small random perturbations may have a dramatic impact on the long time evolution of dynamical systems, and large deviation theory is often the right theoretical framework to understand these effects. At the core of the theory lies the minimization of an action functional, which in many cases of interest has to be computed by numerical means. Here we review the theoretical and computational aspects behind these calculations, and propose an algorithm that simplifies the geometric minimum action method to minimize the action in the space of arc-length parametrized curves. We then illustrate this algorithm's capabilities by applying it to various examples from material sciences, fluid dynamics, atmosphere/ocean sciences, and reaction kinetics. In terms of models, these examples involve stochastic (ordinary or partial) differential equations with multiplicative or degenerate noise, Markov jump processes, and systems with fast and slow degrees of freedom, which all violate detailed balance, so that simpler computational methods are not applicable.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1604.03818




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