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Effective Lagrangian regularity and the uniqueness threshold for random Hölder velocity fields

Probability 2026-08-06 v1 Analysis of PDEs Classical Analysis and ODEs

Abstract

We study the behavior of the ordinary differential equations, flow maps, and continuity equations associated to autonomous random velocity fields that admit a natural multiscale finite range decomposition. The velocity fields we consider are only H\"older regular in space---Cα(Td)C^{\alpha-}(\mathbb{T}^d) for some α(0,1)\alpha \in (0,1)---thus the associated ODE and continuity equation are not a priori well-posed. However, above the critical threshold of α=1/2\alpha = 1/2, due to multiscale stochastic cancellations, we prove well-posedness is almost surely restored away from the zero level set of the velocity field. This threshold marks a genuine transition, as demonstrated by examples lying below the threshold that exhibit robust ill-posedness. We additionally provide effective regularity estimates below the critical threshold and prove analogous results in the related "refreshing" regime.

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@article{arxiv.2608.05931,
  title  = {Effective Lagrangian regularity and the uniqueness threshold for random Hölder velocity fields},
  author = {Maria Colombo and Elias Hess-Childs and Keefer Rowan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2608.05931},
  year   = {2026}
}

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109 pages