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Invariance principle and model reduction for the Fokker-Planck equation
1Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland karlin@lav.mavt.ethz.ch.
Abstract:
The principle of dynamic invariance is applied to obtain closed moment equations from the Fokker-Planck kinetic equation. The analysis is carried out to explicit formulae for computation of the lowest eigenvalue and of the corresponding eigenfunction for arbitrary potentials.This article is part of the themed issue 'Multiscale modelling at the physics-chemistry-biology interface'.
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