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In mathematics, the Dyson Brownian motion is a real-valued continuous-time stochastic process named for Freeman Dyson. Dyson studied this process in the context of random matrix theory.

There are several equivalent definitions:

Definition by stochastic differential equation: d λ i = d B i + 1 j n : j i d t λ i λ j {\displaystyle d\lambda _{i}=dB_{i}+\sum _{1\leq j\leq n:j\neq i}{\frac {dt}{\lambda _{i}-\lambda _{j}}}} where B 1 , . . . , B n {\displaystyle B_{1},...,B_{n}} are different and independent Wiener processes.


Start with a Hermitian matrix with eigenvalues λ 1 ( 0 ) , λ 2 ( 0 ) , . . . , λ n ( 0 ) {\textstyle \lambda _{1}(0),\lambda _{2}(0),...,\lambda _{n}(0)} , then let it perform Brownian motion in the space of Hermitian matrices. Its eigenvalues constitute a Dyson Brownian motion.

Start with n {\textstyle n} independent Wiener processes started at different locations λ 1 ( 0 ) , λ 2 ( 0 ) , . . . , λ n ( 0 ) {\textstyle \lambda _{1}(0),\lambda _{2}(0),...,\lambda _{n}(0)} , then condition on those processes to be non-intersecting for all time. The resulting process is a Dyson Brownian motion starting at the same λ 1 ( 0 ) , λ 2 ( 0 ) , . . . , λ n ( 0 ) {\textstyle \lambda _{1}(0),\lambda _{2}(0),...,\lambda _{n}(0)} .

References

  1. Dyson, Freeman J. (1962-11-01). "A Brownian-Motion Model for the Eigenvalues of a Random Matrix". Journal of Mathematical Physics. 3 (6): 1191–1198. doi:10.1063/1.1703862. ISSN 0022-2488.
  2. Bouchaud, Jean-Philippe; Potters, Marc, eds. (2020), "Dyson Brownian Motion", A First Course in Random Matrix Theory: for Physicists, Engineers and Data Scientists, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 121–135, ISBN 978-1-108-48808-2, retrieved 2023-11-25
  3. Tao, Terence (2010-01-19). "254A, Notes 3b: Brownian motion and Dyson Brownian motion". What's new. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
  4. Grabiner, David J. (1999). "Brownian motion in a Weyl chamber, non-colliding particles, and random matrices". Annales de l'I.H.P. Probabilités et statistiques. 35 (2): 177–204. ISSN 1778-7017.
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