Kramers' formula for chemical reactions in the context of wasserstein gradient flows

Communications in Mathematical Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 623-635

  Herrmann, Michael ^a   Niethammer, Barbara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b OxPDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fokker Planck equation; Kramers' formula; Rayleigh principle; Wasserstein gradient flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650424371     PISSN: 15396746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/CMS.2011.v9.n2.a15     Document Type: Article

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