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ITÔ VERSUS STRATONOVICH: 30 YEARS LATER

RICCARDO MANNELLA

Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, Largo B Pontecorvo 3, I-56127 Pisa, Italy

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PETER V. E. McCLINTOCK

Department of Physics, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YB, UK

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S021947751240010XCited by:83 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

The Itô versus Stratonovich controversy, about the "correct" calculus to use for integration of Langevin equations, was settled to general satisfaction some 30 years ago. Recently, however, it has started to re-emerge, following the advent of new experimental techniques. We briefly review the historical background and discuss critically some of the most recent contributions. We show that some of the new findings are not well based.

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