The Fokker-Planck Equation: Methods of Solution and Applications: 18 - Brossura

Risken, Hannes

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ISBN 10: 3642968090 ISBN 13: 9783642968099

Casa editrice: Springer Verlag, 1984

Riassunto

One of the central problems synergetics is concerned with consists in the study of macroscopic qualitative changes of systems belonging to various disciplines such as physics, chemistry, or electrical engineering. When such transitions from one state to another take place, fluctuations, i.e., random processes, may play an im­ portant role. Over the past decades it has turned out that the Fokker-Planck equation pro­ vides a powerful tool with which the effects of fluctuations close to transition points can be adequately treated and that the approaches based on the Fokker­ Planck equation are superior to other approaches, e.g., based on Langevin equa­ tions. Quite generally, the Fokker-Planck equation plays an important role in problems which involve noise, e.g., in electrical circuits. For these reasons I am sure that this book will find a broad audience. It pro­ vides the reader with a sound basis for the study of the Fokker-Planck equation and gives an excellent survey of the methods of its solution. The author of this book, Hannes Risken, has made substantial contributions to the development and application of such methods, e.g., to laser physics, diffusion in periodic potentials, and other problems. Therefore this book is written by an experienced practitioner, who has had in mind explicit applications to important problems in the natural sciences and electrical engineering.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Springer Verlag
• Data di pubblicazione: 1984
• ISBN 10: 3642968090
• ISBN 13: 9783642968099
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 472