Diffusion at finite speed and random walks.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

Department of Mathematics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-2125, USA.

Published: February 2004

Diffusion, which occurs with infinite speed, results from a random walk with steps of finite speed. We resolve this paradox and derive a modified diffusion equation with finite speed.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC337016PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0307052101DOI Listing

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