For a sufficiently regular unit-mass solution, the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck Fokker-Planck equation is . Integration by parts proves the displayed identity. Consequently relative entropy decreases, and its dissipation is relative Fisher information.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2006 iii Paper 69 3 c Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-14
Multiply the Fokker-Planck equation by and integrate over and all , assuming the required boundary terms vanish. Integration by parts givesThe mixed moment is not determined by : the current strain and the accumulated magnetic field are correlated. Zero mean strain does not imply , so this is an unclosed moment equation.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2015 iii Paper 8 3 a Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-06
For the normalized standard Gaussian density,The two terms cancel, so the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck Fokker-Planck equation has stationary density for a Fokker-Planck equationEquivalently its Fokker-Planck probability current vanishes identically. The normalization follows from the Gaussian integral in each coordinate.
Stationary density for a Fokker-Planck equation Created 2026-10-06 Updated 2026-10-18
A probability density left unchanged by the Fokker-Planck equation . Equivalently its Fokker-Planck probability current has zero divergence; the current itself need not vanish. For the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck Fokker-Planck equation, the normalized standard Gaussian density has zero current and is stationary.