Constructing Solutions to Two-Way Diffusion Problems
| Autor: | Wagner, Caleb G., Beals, Richard |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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| Zdroj: | J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 52 115204 (2019) |
| Druh dokumentu: | Working Paper |
| DOI: | 10.1088/1751-8121/ab03fb |
| Popis: | 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. Comment: Published in J. Phys. A: Math. Theor |
| Databáze: | arXiv |
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