Generalized Fokker-Planck equation with time-dependent transport coefficients and a quadratic potential: Its application in econophysics

Peng Wang, Shun Jin Wang, Hua Zhang

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Abstract

In order to control non-equilibrium processes and to describe the fat-tail phenomenon in econophysics, we generalize the traditional the Fokker-Planck equation (FPE) by including a quadratic correlation potential, and by making the time-dependent drift-diffusion coefficients. We investigate the su(1, 1) ⊕ u(1) algebraic structure and obtain the exact solutions to the generalized time-dependent FPE by using the algebraic dynamical method. Based on the exact solution, an important issue in modern econophysics, i.e. the fat-tail distribution in stock markets, is analysed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5-8
Number of pages4
JournalChinese Physics Letters
Volume22
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2005
Externally publishedYes

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