Abstract
We consider two approaches to study non-reversible Markov processes, namely the hypocoercivity theory and general equations for non-equilibrium reversible–irreversible coupling; the basic idea behind both of them is to split the process into a reversible component and a non-reversible one, and then quantify the way in which they interact. We compare such theories and provide explicit formulas to pass from one formulation to the other; as a bi-product we give a simple proof of the link between reversibility of the dynamics and gradient flow structure of the associated Fokker–Planck equation. We do this both for linear Markov processes and for a class of nonlinear Markov process as well. We then characterise the structure of the large deviation functional of generalised-reversible processes; this is a class of non-reversible processes of large relevance in applications. Finally, we show how our results apply to two classes of Markov processes, namely non-reversible diffusion processes and a class of piecewise deterministic Markov processes (PDMPs), which have recently attracted the attention of the statistical sampling community. In particular, for the PDMPs we consider we prove entropy decay.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 1617 |
Pages (from-to) | 1617-1662 |
Number of pages | 46 |
Journal | Nonlinearity |
Volume | 36 |
Issue number | 3 |
Early online date | 3 Feb 2023 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Mar 2023 |
Keywords
- GENERIC
- diffusion processes
- gradient flows
- hypocoercivity
- large deviation principles
- non-reversible processes
- piecewise deterministic Markov processes
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
- Mathematical Physics
- General Physics and Astronomy
- Applied Mathematics