An asymptotic analysis of the mean first passage time for narrow escape problems: Part ii: the sphere

Multiscale Modeling and Simulation

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 836-870

  Cheviakov, Alexei F ^a   Ward, Michael J ^b   Straube, Ronny ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DYNAMICS OF COMPLEX TECHNICAL SYSTEMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Discrete variational problem; Logarithmic switchback terms; Matched asymptotic expansions; Mean first passage time; Narrow escape; Surface neumann green's functions

Indexed keywords

MATCHED ASYMPTOTIC EXPANSION; MATCHED ASYMPTOTIC EXPANSIONS; MEAN FIRST PASSAGE TIME; NEUMANN GREEN'S FUNCTION; VARIATIONAL PROBLEMS;

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; EXPANSION; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; GREEN'S FUNCTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; SPHERES; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 77951899892     PISSN: 15403459     EISSN: 15403467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/100782620     Document Type: Article

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