International Journal of Difference Equations
  • Year: 2007
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue: 2

A combinatorial approach to discrete diffusion on a segment

  • Author:
  • Richard Avery
  • Total Page Count: 10
  • Page Number: 177 to 186

Dakota State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Madison, South Dakota, 57042. E-mail: rich.avery@dsu.edu

AMS subject classification: 39A12, 37H10.

Abstract

We find the solution of the partial difference equation for x ∈ [1,m] subject to the absorbing boundary conditions at x = 0 and x = m+1. Green's function will be determined using random walk techniques applying the reflective and inclusion-exclusion principles.

Keywords

Partial difference equations, Green's function, random walks, reflective principle, inclusion-exclusion principle