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2207.00602

Synchronization and random attractors for reaction jump processes

Maximilian Engel, Guillermo Olicón-Méndez, Nathalie Unger, Stefanie Winkelmann

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The paper proves that the embedded birth–death RDS has a two-point random attractor that is a random period‑2 orbit, is both pullback and forward attracting, and whose two points are adjacent; it does so via two‑point motion hitting the thick diagonal and general attractor theory. The candidate solution establishes the same conclusions with a different route (two‑step monotonicity on parity classes, monotone pullback limits plus tightness, an expectation argument for adjacency, and a synchronous-coupling/Foster–Lyapunov coalescence proof). Aside from a minor sign oversight in the interval length in Step 4 and a place where independence at stopping times should be stated explicitly in Step 5, the candidate solution’s logic aligns with the paper’s results.

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\textbf{Recommendation:} minor revisions

\textbf{Journal Tier:} specialist/solid

\textbf{Justification:}

The paper rigorously identifies the random attractor for the embedded birth–death chain as a period‑2 random orbit with adjacent points, using a clear two‑point motion analysis and general discrete‑state attractor theory. The forward attraction step references a general equivalence result; restating that result more explicitly would improve self‑containment. Otherwise the exposition is careful and correct.