Bogolyubov reduced description method: some remarks and proves
Alexander I. Sokolovsky, Sergiy F. Lyagushyn, S. A. Sokolovsky
Bogolyubov's reduced description method is based on his functional hypothesis. The reduced description of system's nonequilibrium state occurs over long-time scales t>>τ0. The synchronization time τ0 determines the set of reduced description parameters {ηa(t)}, which fully describe the state of the system. The problem of finding the statistical operator of the system at the time of reduced description ρ(η) and the effective initial values of the reduced description parameters {ηa(0)} is posed and solved. This problem is solved only if there is a small parameter in the theory, with which the perturbation theory is built. The mathematical structure of the operators of the reduced description parameters {ηa} and the Hamilton operator H of the system plays the main role in this. The paper investigates the Peletminskii–Yatsenko model, in which , H=H0+H1, H0~ λ0 , H0~ λ1 (λ<<1), and the operators {H0,ηa } form a Lie algebra. The kinetics of the slow variable model, in which {H0,ηa }~λ1 (λ<<1), is also investigated. In these models, integral equations for the statistical operator ρ(η) and the effective initial values of the reduced description parameters {ηa(0)} are derived. Their solutions are investigated in the main and first orders of the perturbation theory for a small parameter λ. The right-hand sides of the time equations for the reduced description parameters La(η) are investigated with accuracy up to the second-order contributions for λ. The paper thoroughly discusses the basic concepts of the reduced description method with remarks that supplement existing literature. In the Peletminskii–Yatsenko model, complex relations are proved that are given in the literature without justification or proved too complicatedly (in particular, this concerns the derivation of the integral equation for the initial values of the parameters {ηa(t)}). In our study of the model of slow variables, the operators of the reduced description parameters {ηa} are not specified, which leads to the implementation of the reduced description with rather complex algebra and operator analysis calculations. At the same time, a reasonable degree of details in the construction of the reduced description of the system is chosen.
Journal of Physics and Electronics•Dec 19, 2025•0 citations