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An Introductory Example: Independent Random Walks

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Scaling Limits of Interacting Particle Systems

Part of the book series: Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften ((GL,volume 320))

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The main purpose of this book is to present general methods that permit to deduce the hydrodynamic equations of interacting particle systems from the underlying stochastic dynamics, i.e., to deduce the macroscopic behavior of the system from the microscopic interaction among particles.

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  2. CNRS UPRES-A 6085, Université de Rouen, F-76128, Mont Saint Aignan Cedex, France

    Claude Kipnis & Claudio Landim

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Kipnis, C., Landim, C. (1999). An Introductory Example: Independent Random Walks. In: Scaling Limits of Interacting Particle Systems. Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften, vol 320. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03752-2_2

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