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We calculate in exact form the first correction in a parameter measuring the strength of the noise to the effective potential for one-variable diffusion processes. The use of this potential to study transitions is discussed.
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Calisto, H., Cerda, E. & Tirapegui, E. Comment on noise and bifurcations. J Stat Phys 69, 1115–1122 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01058764
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