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Invariance of $\phi^4$ measure under nonlinear wave and Schr\"odinger equations on the plane

Analysis of PDEs 2026-01-14 v5 Mathematical Physics math.MP Probability

Abstract

We show almost sure wellposedness of mild solution to the cubic nonlinear wave equation in a weighted Besov space over R2\mathbb R^2. To achieve this, we show that any weak limit of ϕ4\phi^4 measures on increasing tori is invariant under the equation. We review and slightly simplify the periodic theory and the construction of the weak limit measure, and then use finite speed of propagation to reduce the infinite-volume case to the previous setup. Our argument also gives a weaker invariance result on the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation in the same setting.

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@article{arxiv.2211.16111,
  title  = {Invariance of $\phi^4$ measure under nonlinear wave and Schr\"odinger equations on the plane},
  author = {Nikolay Barashkov and Petri Laarne},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.16111},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

63 pages. v5: A significant rewrite with many corrections and additional details