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We determine the range of Hurst parameters that provide the necessary and sufficient conditions for the solvability, in $L^2(\Omega)$, of the stochastic wave equation: $ \frac{\partial^2 }{\partial t^2}u(t,x) =\Delta u(t,x)+\dot{W}(t,x)$,…
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