{
  "id": "cond-mat/0606526",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2006-06-20T13:58:01.000Z",
  "updated": "2006-06-20T13:58:01.000Z",
  "title": "Relevance of initial and final conditions for the Fluctuation Relation in Markov processes",
  "authors": [
    "Andrea Puglisi",
    "Lamberto Rondoni",
    "Angelo Vulpiani"
  ],
  "comment": "23 pages, 5 figures, submitted to JSTAT",
  "journal": "J. Stat. Mech. (2006) P08010",
  "doi": "10.1088/1742-5468/2006/08/P08010",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.stat-mech"
  ],
  "abstract": "Numerical observations on a Markov chain and on the continuous Markov process performed by a granular tracer show that the ``usual'' fluctuation relation for a given observable is not verified for finite (but arbitrarily large) times. This suggests that some terms which are usually expected to be negligible, i.e. ``border terms'' dependent only on initial and final states, in fact cannot be neglected. Furthermore, the Markov chain and the granular tracer behave in a quite similar fashion.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2006-06-20T13:58:01.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "fluctuation relation",
      "final conditions",
      "markov processes",
      "markov chain",
      "granular tracer behave"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 23,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}