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The stochastic thin-film equation: existence of nonnegative martingale solutions

Probability 2022-08-02 v2 Analysis of PDEs

Abstract

We consider the stochastic thin-film equation with colored Gaussian Stratonovich noise in one space dimension and establish the existence of nonnegative weak (martingale) solutions. The construction is based on a Trotter-Kato-type decomposition into a deterministic and a stochastic evolution, which yields an easy to implement numerical algorithm. Compared to previous work, no interface potential has to be included, the initial data and the solution can have de-wetted regions of positive measure, and the Trotter-Kato scheme allows for a simpler proof of existence than in case of It\^o noise.

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@article{arxiv.1904.08951,
  title  = {The stochastic thin-film equation: existence of nonnegative martingale solutions},
  author = {Benjamin Gess and Manuel V. Gnann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1904.08951},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

38 pages, revised version, nonnegativity proof changed, details to time regularity and interpolation of operators added