Diffusion on a curved surface: A geometrical approach

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 343, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 81-104

  Debbasch, F ^a   Moreau, M ^b  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Differential Geometry; Diffusion; Ornstein Uhlenbeck process

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CURVATURE EFFECTS; DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY; ORNSTEIN-UHLENBECK PROCESS; TRANSPORT EQUATION;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 4544386470     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2004.06.159     Document Type: Article

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