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The spatial average of solutions to SPDEs is asymptotically independent of the solution

Probability 2024-04-18 v1

Abstract

Let (u(t,x),t0,xRd)\left(u(t,x), t\geq 0, x\in \mathbb{R}^d\right) be the solution to the stochastic heat or wave equation driven by a Gaussian noise which is white in time and white or correlated with respect to the spatial variable. We consider the spatial average of the solution FR(t)=1σRxR(u(t,x)1)dxF_{R}(t)= \frac{1}{\sigma_R}\int_{\vert x\vert \leq R} \left( u(t,x)-1\right) dx, where σR2=E(xR(u(t,x)1)dx)2\sigma^2_R= \mathbf{E} \left(\int_{\vert x\vert \leq R} \left( u(t,x)-1\right) dx\right)^2. It is known that, when RR goes to infinity, FR(t)F_R(t) converges in law to a standard Gaussian random variable ZZ. We show that the spatial average FR(t)F_R(t) is actually asymptotic independent by the solution itself, at any time and at any point in space, meaning that the random vector (FR(t),u(t,x0))(F_R(t), u(t, x_0)) converges in distribution, as RR\to \infty, to (Z,u(t,x0))(Z, u(t, x_0)), where ZZ is a standard normal random variable independent of u(t,x0)u(t, x_0). By using the Stein-Malliavin calculus, we also obtain the rate of convergence, under the Wasserstein distance, for this limit theorem.

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@article{arxiv.2404.11147,
  title  = {The spatial average of solutions to SPDEs is asymptotically independent of the solution},
  author = {Ciprian A Tudor and Jérémy Zurcher},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.11147},
  year   = {2024}
}