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Places viscous relaxation and molecular forcing in one particle equation; averages it to recover an inherited long-time diffusion relation under statedextra closure.
Scientific scope
Places viscous relaxation and molecular forcing in one particle equation; averages it to recover an inherited long-time diffusion relation under statedextra closure. The derivation uses a stated random-force/friction model and averaging assumptions for Brownian motion. It does not resolve every microscopic force correlation or make all finite-time motion deterministic. Overdamped/long-time limits and inertia-sensitive regimes differ. Later rigorous stochastic differential equations and generalized memory kernels remain separate.
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Contributors
- Paul Langevin · SCIENCE: Original source-listed scientific author of this scoped work; byline does not determine effort fractions.
- Langevin 1908 original note in full: Lemons introduction and Gythiel 1997 published translation
- Langevin original French note, community transcription with 1908 bibliography
- K. Razi Naqvi, The origin of the Langevin equation and the calculation of the mean squared displacement; delivered ar Xivv 1 bytes
- Publisher-deposited identity for complete 1997 translation and source bibliography
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