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The stochastic Hamilton-Jacobi equation

Probability 2008-06-06 v2

Abstract

We extend some aspects of the Hamilton-Jacobi theory to the category of stochastic Hamiltonian dynamical systems. More specifically, we show that the stochastic action satisfies the Hamilton-Jacobi equation when, as in the classical situation, it is written as a function of the configuration space using a regular Lagrangian submanifold. Additionally, we will use a variation of the Hamilton-Jacobi equation to characterize the generating functions of one-parameter groups of symplectomorphisms that allow to rewrite a given stochastic Hamiltonian system in a form whose solutions are very easy to find; this result recovers in the stochastic context the classical solution method by reduction to the equilibrium of a Hamiltonian system.

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@article{arxiv.0806.0993,
  title  = {The stochastic Hamilton-Jacobi equation},
  author = {Joan-Andreu Lázaro-Camí and Juan-Pablo Ortega},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0806.0993},
  year   = {2008}
}

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19 pages

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