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"Ehrenfest Urn" Problem Kramers-Moyal Coefficients and Planck-Fokker Equation
(For some reason, i can't get latex to work, and the button that used to be in the text box to use it is gone. :-()
In the "Ehrenfest Urn" Problem, a particle moves randomly in a grid of positions x=ma with m an integer in the range -L < m < L , and with time stamp (tau). The probability when at position m' of a step to the right m' -> m' + 1 is
P_ = 0.5 ( 1 + m / L)
and the probability of a step to the left m' -> m' - 1 is
P_ = 0.5 ( 1 - m / L)
Evaluate the first Four Kramers-Moyal Coefficients for this process. In the continuum limits
a -> 0 , (tau) -> 0 , L -> infinity ,
such that a^2 / (tau) -> 2D and La^2 -> 2 (sigma)^2
show that the Fokker-Plank equation describing the evoloution of the PDF P(x,t) is
(all ds are partial)
dP/dt = (D/(sigma)^2) dP/dx + D (d^2 P)/dx^2
KM1 = -am/(tau L)
KM2 = a^2 / tau
KM3 = -(a^3) m /(tau L)
KM4 = a^4 / tau
KM3+ tend to zero. KM1 and KM2 are the contributing terms.
dP/dt = lim(tau -> 0) sum[ (from n=1 to infinity) ((-1)^n / n!) (d^n)/(dx^n) [KMn P(x,t)]
all i need is a justification for (a m) / (tau L) -> -D/(2 sigma^2)if you want me to show my working for everything else, i will photgraph it and upload it to imageshack, but that's a lot of hassle for me, and this last step is the bit which is bothering me.
(For some reason, i can't get latex to work, and the button that used to be in the text box to use it is gone. :-()
Homework Statement
In the "Ehrenfest Urn" Problem, a particle moves randomly in a grid of positions x=ma with m an integer in the range -L < m < L , and with time stamp (tau). The probability when at position m' of a step to the right m' -> m' + 1 is
P_ = 0.5 ( 1 + m / L)
and the probability of a step to the left m' -> m' - 1 is
P_ = 0.5 ( 1 - m / L)
Evaluate the first Four Kramers-Moyal Coefficients for this process. In the continuum limits
a -> 0 , (tau) -> 0 , L -> infinity ,
such that a^2 / (tau) -> 2D and La^2 -> 2 (sigma)^2
show that the Fokker-Plank equation describing the evoloution of the PDF P(x,t) is
(all ds are partial)
dP/dt = (D/(sigma)^2) dP/dx + D (d^2 P)/dx^2
Homework Equations
KM1 = -am/(tau L)
KM2 = a^2 / tau
KM3 = -(a^3) m /(tau L)
KM4 = a^4 / tau
KM3+ tend to zero. KM1 and KM2 are the contributing terms.
dP/dt = lim(tau -> 0) sum[ (from n=1 to infinity) ((-1)^n / n!) (d^n)/(dx^n) [KMn P(x,t)]
The Attempt at a Solution
all i need is a justification for (a m) / (tau L) -> -D/(2 sigma^2)if you want me to show my working for everything else, i will photgraph it and upload it to imageshack, but that's a lot of hassle for me, and this last step is the bit which is bothering me.
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