Symmetries of the Fokker-Planck equation with a constant diffusion matrix in 2+1 dimensions

Authors
Finkel, F
Citation
F. Finkel, Symmetries of the Fokker-Planck equation with a constant diffusion matrix in 2+1 dimensions, J PHYS A, 32(14), 1999, pp. 2671-2684
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS A-MATHEMATICAL AND GENERAL
ISSN journal
03054470 → ACNP
Volume
32
Issue
14
Year of publication
1999
Pages
2671 - 2684
Database
ISI
SICI code
0305-4470(19990409)32:14<2671:SOTFEW>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
We completely classify the symmetries of the Fokker-Planck equation in two spatial dimensions with a constant positive-definite diffusion matrix. We a pply these results to construct group-invariant solutions for a physically interesting family of Fokker-Planck equations.