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A comment on early-time solutions of the Smoluchowski equation

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We present a simple derivation of classes of early-time solutions of the Smoluchowski equation in the presence of boundaries, simplifying and generalizing an analysis by van Kampen.

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  1. Moshe Gitterman

    Present address: Department of Physics, Bar-Ilan University, 52100, Ramat-Gan, Israel

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  1. Physical Sciences Laboratory, Division of Computer Research and Technology, National Institutes of Health, 20892, Bethesda, Maryland

    Moshe Gitterman & George H. Weiss

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Communicated by J. L. Lebowitz

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Gitterman, M., Weiss, G.H. A comment on early-time solutions of the Smoluchowski equation. J Stat Phys 74, 947–951 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02188588

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