Open AccessAsymptotics of Some Relativistic Markov Processes
Author(s) -
R. M. Dudley
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
proceedings of the national academy of sciences of the united states of america
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1091-6490
pISSN - 0027-8424
DOI - 10.1073/pnas.70.12.3551
Subject(s) - markov chain , position (finance) , statistical physics , markov process , phase space , physics , relativistic quantum chemistry , mathematics , quantum mechanics , statistics , economics , finance
Markov processes in special-relativistic position-velocity phase space are proved to have converging velocities ast → + ∞ under some mild assumptions on transition probabilities. This offers a possible mechanism to explain the recession of galaxies.