Franco Flandoli - Böcker

The book treats two topics in the theory of stochastic partial differential equations: space-regularity of solutions and existence of stochastic flows. The equations considered in the book are linear parabolic with multiplicative noise, like those arising in non-linear filtering or diffusion models in randomly moving media. Regularity theory in Sobolev spaces is extensively investigated, for homogeneous and non-homogeneous boundary value problems, with a detailed analysis of the new geometrical conditions on coefficients arising as a consequence of the stochaticity. The book provides an account of regularity results that may represent a useful reference for the researcher in stochastic partial differential equations. Regularity theory is then applied to prove the existence of stochastic flows. In spite of the variety of results on stochastic flows obtained by this method, several open problems are pointed out, with the hope of stimulating further research on this subject.

Written by leading experts in an emerging field, this book offers a unique view of the theory of stochastic partial differential equations, with lectures on the stationary KPZ equation, fully nonlinear SPDEs, and random data wave equations.

This book is based on an Oberwolfach Seminar, and it intends to give an introduction and an overview to several directions of the recent research on stochastic geophysical fluid dynamics and to discuss different geophysical stochastic partial differential equations.

This book presents in thirteen refereed survey articles an overview of modern activity in stochastic analysis, written by leading international experts. The topics addressed include stochastic fluid dynamics and regularization by noise of deterministic dynamical systems; stochastic partial differential equations driven by Gaussian or Lévy noise, including the relationship between parabolic equations and particle systems, and wave equations in a geometric framework; Malliavin calculus and applications to stochastic numerics; stochastic integration in Banach spaces; porous media-type equations; stochastic deformations of classical mechanics and Feynman integrals and stochastic differential equations with reflection.The articles are based on short courses given at the Centre Interfacultaire Bernoulli of the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland, from January to June 2012. They offer a valuable resource not only for specialists, but also for other researchers and Ph.D. students in the fields of stochastic analysis and mathematical physics.Contributors:S. AlbeverioM. ArnaudonV. BallyV. BarbuH. BessaihZ. BrzeźniakK. BurdzyA.B. CruzeiroF. FlandoliA. Kohatsu-HigaS. MazzucchiC. MuellerJ. van NeervenM. OndrejátS. PeszatM. VeraarL. WeisJ.-C. Zambrini

Of the three lecture courses making up the CIME summer school on Fluid Dynamics at Cetraro in 2005 reflected in this volume, the first, due to Sergio Albeverio describes deterministic and stochastic models of hydrodynamics.In the second course, Franco Flandoli starts from 3D Navier-Stokes equations and ends with turbulence. Finally, Yakov Sinai, in the 3rd course, describes some rigorous mathematical results for multidimensional Navier-Stokes systems and some recent results on the one-dimensional Burgers equation with random forcing.

The book deals with the random perturbation of PDEs which lack well-posedness, mainly because of their non-uniqueness, in some cases because of blow-up. The aim is to show that noise may restore uniqueness or prevent blow-up. This is not a general or easy-to-apply rule, and the theory presented in the book is in fact a series of examples with a few unifying ideas. The role of additive and bilinear multiplicative noise is described and a variety of examples are included, from abstract parabolic evolution equations with non-Lipschitz nonlinearities to particular fluid dynamic models, like the dyadic model, linear transport equations and motion of point vortices.