Constructing Solutions to Two-Way Diffusion Problems
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Publication:6305409
DOI10.1088/1751-8121/AB03FBzbMATH Open1507.35291arXiv1808.04665WikidataQ128482442 ScholiaQ128482442MaRDI QIDQ6305409FDOQ6305409
Richard Beals, Caleb G. Wagner
Publication date: 14 August 2018
Abstract: A variety of boundary value problems in linear transport theory are expressed as a diffusion equation of the two-way, or forward-backward, type. In such problems boundary data are specified only on part of the boundary, which introduces several technical challenges. Existence and uniqueness theorems have been established in the literature under various assumptions; however, calculating solutions in practice has proven difficult. Here we present one possible means of practical calculation. By formulating the problem in terms of projection operators, we derive a formal sum for the solution whose terms are readily calculated. We demonstrate the validity of this approach for a variety of physical problems, with focus on a periodic problem from the field of active matter.
Solutions to PDEs in closed form (35C05) Scattering theory for PDEs (35P25) Fokker-Planck equations (35Q84) Transport equations (35Q49)
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