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The Uses of Path Integrals for Diffusion in Bistable Potentials

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Chaos and Order in Nature

Part of the book series: Springer Series in Synergetics ((SSSYN,volume 11))

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It has become clear in recent years that bistable macrosystems play a fundamental role in many fields of physics, chemistry, biology and also sociology. Among the vast literature we mention only a few: BROWNIAN motion in a field of force [l], fluctuations in tunnel diodes [2] and cooperative phenomena in data processing [3] one-mode laser [4], optical bistability [5], autocatalytic chemical reactions[6] and interacting social groups [7].

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Weiss, U. (1981). The Uses of Path Integrals for Diffusion in Bistable Potentials. In: Haken, H. (eds) Chaos and Order in Nature. Springer Series in Synergetics, vol 11. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68304-6_19

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