Simple exclusion process : from randomness to determinism

Abstract

In this work I introduce a classical example of an Interacting Particle System: the Simple Exclusion Process. I present the notion of hydrodynamic limit, which is a Law of Large Numbers for the empirical measure and an heuristic argument to derive from the microscopic dynamics between particles a partial differential equation describing the evolution of the density profile. For the Simple Exclusion Process, in the Symmetric case ($p=1/2$) we will get to the heat equation while in the Asymmetric case ($p\neq{1/2}$) to the inviscid Burgers equation. Finally, I introduce the Central Limit Theorem for the empirical measure and the limiting process turns out to be a solution of a stochastic partial differential equation.