{"title":"The Covariant Langevin Equation of Diffusion on Riemannian Manifolds","authors":"Lajos Diósi","doi":"10.1016/S0034-4877(24)00073-9","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The covariant form of the multivariable diffusion-drift process is described by the covariant Fokker–Planck equation using the standard toolbox of Riemann geometry. The covariant form of the adapted Langevin stochastic differential equation is long sought after in both physics and mathematics. We show that the simplest covariant Stratonovich stochastic differential equation depending on the local orthogonal frame (cf. vielbein) becomes the desired covariant Langevin equation provided we impose an additional covariant constraint: the vectors of the frame must be divergence-free.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49630,"journal":{"name":"Reports on Mathematical Physics","volume":"94 2","pages":"Pages 143-148"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Reports on Mathematical Physics","FirstCategoryId":"101","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034487724000739","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"PHYSICS, MATHEMATICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The covariant form of the multivariable diffusion-drift process is described by the covariant Fokker–Planck equation using the standard toolbox of Riemann geometry. The covariant form of the adapted Langevin stochastic differential equation is long sought after in both physics and mathematics. We show that the simplest covariant Stratonovich stochastic differential equation depending on the local orthogonal frame (cf. vielbein) becomes the desired covariant Langevin equation provided we impose an additional covariant constraint: the vectors of the frame must be divergence-free.
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