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Gaussian fluctuations of a nonlinear stochastic heat equation in dimension two

Probability 2024-01-01 v1

Abstract

We study the Gaussian fluctuations of a nonlinear stochastic heat equation in spatial dimension two. The equation is driven by a Gaussian multiplicative noise. The noise is white in time, smoothed in space at scale ε\varepsilon, and tuned logarithmically by a factor 1logε1\frac{1}{\sqrt{\log \varepsilon^{-1}}} in its strength. We prove that, after centering and rescaling, the solution random field converges in distribution to an Edwards-Wilkinson limit as ε0\varepsilon \downarrow 0. The tool we used here is the Malliavin-Stein's method. We also give a functional version of this result.

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@article{arxiv.2204.13866,
  title  = {Gaussian fluctuations of a nonlinear stochastic heat equation in dimension two},
  author = {Ran Tao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.13866},
  year   = {2024}
}