A note on dynamical models on random graphs and Fokker-Planck equations

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Abstract: We address the issue of the proximity of interacting diffusion models on large graphs with a uniform degree property and a corresponding mean field model, i.e. a model on the complete graph with a suitably renormalized interaction parameter. Examples include ErdH{o}s-R'enyi graphs with edge probability pn, n is the number of vertices, such that limnoinftypnn=infty. The purpose of this note it twofold: (1) to establish this proximity on finite time horizon, by exploiting the fact that both systems are accurately described by a Fokker-Planck PDE (or, equivalently, by a nonlinear diffusion process) in the n=infty limit; (2) to remark that in reality this result is unsatisfactory when it comes to applying it to systems with N large but finite, for example the values of N that can be reached in simulations or that correspond to the typical number of interacting units in a biological system.



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