In a common situation, the index t corresponds to discrete units of time, and the index set is t 0, 1, 2. Stochastic processes in physics and chemistry northholland personal library. A guide to brownian motion and related stochastic processes. For brownian motion, we refer to 74, 67, for stochastic processes to 16, for stochastic differential. Stochastic physics is precisely the answer to this calling. Questions tagged stochasticprocesses ask question a stochastic process is a random process evolving with time, i. The author presents in about 100 pages enough material for the student to appreciate the very different natures of stochastic and sure processes. Van kampen, stochastic processes in physics and chemistry northholland.
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