TY - JOUR
T1 - Unequal twins
T2 - Probability distributions do not determine everything
AU - Meroz, Yasmine
AU - Sokolov, Igor M.
AU - Klafter, Joseph
PY - 2011/12/19
Y1 - 2011/12/19
N2 - It is the common lore to assume that knowing the equation for the probability distribution function (PDF) of a stochastic model as a function of time tells the whole picture defining all other characteristics of the model. We show that this is not the case by comparing two exactly solvable models of anomalous diffusion due to geometric constraints: the comb model and the random walk on a random walk. We show that though the two models have exactly the same PDFs, they differ in other respects, like their first passage time distributions, their autocorrelation functions, and their aging properties.
AB - It is the common lore to assume that knowing the equation for the probability distribution function (PDF) of a stochastic model as a function of time tells the whole picture defining all other characteristics of the model. We show that this is not the case by comparing two exactly solvable models of anomalous diffusion due to geometric constraints: the comb model and the random walk on a random walk. We show that though the two models have exactly the same PDFs, they differ in other respects, like their first passage time distributions, their autocorrelation functions, and their aging properties.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84455202711&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.260601
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.260601
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AN - SCOPUS:84455202711
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 107
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
IS - 26
M1 - 260601
ER -