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Gompertz and logistic stochastic dynamics: Advances in an ongoing quest

In this report we summarize a few methods for solving the stochastic differential equations (SDE) and the corresponding Fokker-Planck equations describing the Gompertz and logistic random dynamics. It is shown that the solutions of the Gompertz SDE are completely known, while for the logistic SDE's we provide the solution as an explicit process, but we can not yet write down its distributions in closed form. Many details of possible ways out of this maze are listed in the paper and its appendices. We also briefly discuss the prospects of performing a suitable averaging, or a deterministic limit. The possibility is also suggested of associating these equations to the stochastic mechanics of a quantum harmonic oscillator adopted as a tool serviceable also in the field of stochastic control: in particular we propose to investigate the equations associated to the quantum stationary states