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Record Nr.

UNINA9910739444903321

Autore

Schuss Zeev

Titolo

Brownian Dynamics at Boundaries and Interfaces : In Physics, Chemistry, and Biology / / by Zeev Schuss

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013

ISBN

1-4614-7687-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (340 p.)

Collana

Applied Mathematical Sciences, , 0066-5452 ; ; 186

Classificazione

60-02, 60J65, 00A69

Disciplina

519.2/33

Soggetti

Probabilities

Partial differential equations

Physics

Biomathematics

Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes

Partial Differential Equations

Mathematical Methods in Physics

Mathematical and Computational Biology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Mathematical Brownian Motion -- Euler Simulation of Ito SDEs -- Simulation of the Overdamped Langevin Equation -- The First Passage Time of a Diffusion Process -- Chemical Reaction in Microdomains -- The Stochastic Separatrix -- Narrow Escape in R2 -- Narrow Escape in R3.

Sommario/riassunto

Brownian dynamics serve as mathematical models for the diffusive motion of microscopic particles of various shapes in gaseous, liquid, or solid environments. The renewed interest in Brownian dynamics is due primarily to their key role in molecular and cellular biophysics: diffusion of ions and molecules is the driver of all life. Brownian dynamics simulations are the numerical realizations of stochastic differential equations that model the functions of biological micro devices such as protein ionic channels of biological membranes, cardiac myocytes, neuronal synapses, and many more. Stochastic differential equations are ubiquitous models in computational physics, chemistry, biophysics, computer science, communications theory,



mathematical finance theory, and many other disciplines. Brownian dynamics simulations of the random motion of particles, be it molecules or stock prices, give rise to mathematical problems that neither the kinetic theory of Maxwell and Boltzmann, nor Einstein’s and Langevin’s theories of Brownian motion could predict. This book takes the readers on a journey that starts with the rigorous definition of mathematical Brownian motion, and ends with the explicit solution of a series of complex problems that have immediate applications. It is aimed at applied mathematicians, physicists, theoretical chemists, and physiologists who are interested in modeling, analysis, and simulation of micro devices of microbiology. The book contains exercises and worked out examples throughout.