Long-time behaviour of the correlated random walk system

In this work, we consider the so-called correlated random walk system (also known as correlated motion or persistent motion system), used in biological modelling, among other fields, such as chromatography. This is a linear system which can also be seen as a weakly damped wave equation with certain...

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Autores: Menacho, Joaquín, Pellicer Sabadí, Marta|||0000-0003-4107-6610, Solà-Morales Rubió, Joan de|||0000-0003-2896-2917
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/440005
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/440005
https://dx.doi.org/10.3934/eect.2025009
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Differential equations, Partial
Mathematical models
Random walks
Correlated random walk
Persisten random walk
Chromatography
Optimal decay rate
Dominant eigenvalue
Semigroup theory
Equacions diferencials parcials
Models matemàtics
Rutes aleatòries (Matemàtica)
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Matemàtiques i estadística::Anàlisi matemàtica
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física::Termodinàmica
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Sumario:In this work, we consider the so-called correlated random walk system (also known as correlated motion or persistent motion system), used in biological modelling, among other fields, such as chromatography. This is a linear system which can also be seen as a weakly damped wave equation with certain boundary conditions. We are interested in the long-time behaviour of its solutions. To be precise, we will prove that the decay of the solutions to this problem is of exponential form, where the optimal decay rate exponent is given by the dominant eigenvalue of the corresponding operator. This eigenvalue can be obtained as a particular solution of a system of transcendental equations. A complete description of the spectrum of the operator is provided, together with a comprehensive analysis of the corresponding eigenfunctions and their geometry.