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Single integro-differential wave equation for L\'evy walk

Authors :
Fedotov, Sergei
Source :
Phys. Rev. E 93, 020101 (2016)
Publication Year :
2015

Abstract

The integro-differential wave equation for the probability density function for a classical one-dimensional L\'evy walk with continuous sample paths has been derived. This equation involves a classical wave operator together with memory integrals describing the spatio-temporal coupling of the L\'evy walk. It is valid for any running time PDF and it does not involve any long-time large-scale approximations. It generalizes the well-known telegraph equation obtained from the persistent random walk. Several non-Markovian cases are considered when the particle's velocity alternates at the gamma and power-law distributed random times.<br />Comment: 5 pages

Details

Database :
arXiv
Journal :
Phys. Rev. E 93, 020101 (2016)
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.1508.04995
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.93.020101