Dynamics of systems with varying number of particles: from Liouville equations to general master equations for open systems

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Main Authors: del Razo, Mauricio J., Site, Luigi Delle
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author del Razo, Mauricio J.
Site, Luigi Delle
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Site, Luigi Delle
contents A varying number of particles is one of the most relevant characteristics of systems of interest in nature and technology, ranging from the exchange of energy and matter with the surrounding environment to the change of particle number through internal dynamics such as reactions. The physico-mathematical modeling of these systems is extremely challenging, with the major difficulty being the time dependence of the number of degrees of freedom and the additional constraint that the increment or reduction of the number and species of particles must not violate basic physical laws. Theoretical models, in such a case, represent the key tool for the design of computational strategies for numerical studies that deliver trustful results. In this manuscript, we review complementary physico-mathematical approaches of varying number of particles inspired by rather different specific numerical goals. As a result of the analysis on the underlying common structure of these models, we propose a unifying master equation for general dynamical systems with varying number of particles. This equation embeds all the previous models and can potentially model a much larger range of complex systems, ranging from molecular to social agent-based dynamics.
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spellingShingle Dynamics of systems with varying number of particles: from Liouville equations to general master equations for open systems
del Razo, Mauricio J.
Site, Luigi Delle
Mathematical Physics
Statistical Mechanics
Dynamical Systems
Computational Physics
Biomolecules
70-XX, 82M37, 60G07, 37Jxx, 37N30, 65Cxx, 65Pxx, 37M05
G.1.10; G.3; J.2; J.3; J.6
A varying number of particles is one of the most relevant characteristics of systems of interest in nature and technology, ranging from the exchange of energy and matter with the surrounding environment to the change of particle number through internal dynamics such as reactions. The physico-mathematical modeling of these systems is extremely challenging, with the major difficulty being the time dependence of the number of degrees of freedom and the additional constraint that the increment or reduction of the number and species of particles must not violate basic physical laws. Theoretical models, in such a case, represent the key tool for the design of computational strategies for numerical studies that deliver trustful results. In this manuscript, we review complementary physico-mathematical approaches of varying number of particles inspired by rather different specific numerical goals. As a result of the analysis on the underlying common structure of these models, we propose a unifying master equation for general dynamical systems with varying number of particles. This equation embeds all the previous models and can potentially model a much larger range of complex systems, ranging from molecular to social agent-based dynamics.
title Dynamics of systems with varying number of particles: from Liouville equations to general master equations for open systems
topic Mathematical Physics
Statistical Mechanics
Dynamical Systems
Computational Physics
Biomolecules
70-XX, 82M37, 60G07, 37Jxx, 37N30, 65Cxx, 65Pxx, 37M05
G.1.10; G.3; J.2; J.3; J.6
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.14517