Summary
Stochastic systems of Brownian motions with multiple deletion of particles are introduced to model a chemical reaction with diffusion. Convergence to the solution of a deterministic nonlinear reaction-diffusion equation is proved without high-density assumptions.
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Dittrich, P. A stochastic model of a chemical reaction with diffusion. Probab. Th. Rel. Fields 79, 115–128 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00319108
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Keywords
- Stochastic Process
- Brownian Motion
- Probability Theory
- Stochastic Model
- Statistical Theory