Nonlinear Fokker-Planck Equations Fundamentals and Applications /

• Main Author: Frank, Till Daniel (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: Springer Series in Synergetics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Probabilities.; Quantum physics.; Thermodynamics.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Quantum Physics.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.; Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.

Providing an introduction to the theory of nonlinear Fokker-Planck equations, this book discusses fundamental properties of transient and stationary solutions, emphasizing the stability analysis of stationary solutions by means of self-consistency equations, linear stability analysis, and Lyapunov&#...

Table of Contents:

• Fundamentals
• Strongly Nonlinear Fokker-Planck Equations
• Free Energy Fokker-Planck Equations
• Free Energy Fokker-Planck Equations with Boltzmann Statistics
• Entropy Fokker-Planck Equations
• General Nonlinear Fokker-Planck Equations
• Epilogue.