Finite-dimensional approximation for the diffusion coefficient in the simple exclusion process

Milton Jara

Published 2005-11-10, updated 2007-03-01Version 2

We show that for the mean zero simple exclusion process in $\mathbb {Z}^d$ and for the asymmetric simple exclusion process in $\mathbb{Z}^d$ for $d\geq3$, the self-diffusion coefficient of a tagged particle is stable when approximated by simple exclusion processes on large periodic lattices. The proof depends on a similar stability property of the Sobolev inner product associated with the operator.