On stochastic differential equations with random delay

Abstract

We consider stochastic dynamical systems defined by differential equations with a uniform random time delay. The latter equations are shown to be equivalent to deterministic higher-order differential equations: for an $n$-th order equation with random delay, the corresponding deterministic equation has order $n+1$. We analyze various examples of dynamical systems of this kind, and find a number of unusual behaviors. For instance, for the harmonic oscillator with random delay, the energy grows as $\exp ((3/2)t^{2/3})$ in reduced units. We then investigate the effect of introducing a discrete time step $\epsilon$. At variance with the continuous situation, the discrete random recursion relations thus obtained have intrinsic fluctuations. The crossover between the fluctuating discrete problem and the deterministic continuous one as $\epsilon$ goes to zero is studied in detail on the example of a first-order linear differential equation.

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