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Consider a parabolic stochastic PDE of the form $\partial_t u=\frac{1}{2}\Delta u + \sigma(u)\eta$, where $u=u(t\,,x)$ for $t\ge0$ and $x\in\mathbb{R}^d$, $\sigma:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ is Lipschitz continuous and non random, and $\eta$…
The main result of this paper is that there are examples of stochastic partial differential equations [hereforth, SPDEs] of the type $$ \partial_t u=\frac12\Delta u +\sigma(u)\eta \qquad\text{on $(0\,,\infty)\times\mathbb{R}^3$}$$ such that…
We consider a stochastic heat equation of the type, $\partial_t u = \partial^2_x u + \sigma(u)\dot{W}$ on $(0\,,\infty)\times[-1\,,1]$ with periodic boundary conditions and on-degenerate positive initial data, where $\sigma:\mathbb{R}…
Motivated by Girsanov's nonuniqueness examples for SDEs, we prove nonuniqueness for the parabolic stochastic partial differential equation (SPDE) \[\frac{\partial u}{\partial t}=\frac{\Delta}{2}u(t,x)…
We consider the stochastic partial differential equation, $\partial_t u = \tfrac12 \partial^2_x u + b(u) + \sigma(u) \dot{W},$ where $u=u(t\,,x)$ is defined for $(t\,,x)\in(0\,,\infty)\times\mathbb{R}$, and $\dot{W}$ denotes space-time…
In this paper we work with parabolic SPDEs of the form $$ \partial_t u(t,x)=\partial_x^2 u(t,x)+g(t,x,u)+\sigma(t,x,u)\dot{W}(t,x) $$ with Neumann boundary conditions, where $x\in[0,1]$, $\dot{W}(t,x)$ is the space-time white noise on…
Consider a parabolic stochastic PDE of the form $\partial_t u=\frac{1}{2}\Delta u + \sigma(u)\eta$, where $u=u(t\,,x)$ for $t\ge0$ and $x\in\mathbb{R}^d$, $\sigma:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ is Lipschitz continuous and non random, and…
In this article, we study the space-time SPDE $$ \partial_t^\beta u=-(-\Delta)^{\alpha/2} u+I_t^{1-\beta}[b(u)+\sigma(u)\dot{W}],$$ where $u=u(t,x)$ is defined for $(t,x)\in\mathbb{R}_+\times \mathbb{R},$ $\beta\in(0,1), \alpha\in(0,2)$ and…
We study the asymptotic speed of a random front for solutions $u_t(x)$ to stochastic reaction-diffusion equations of the form \[ \partial_tu=\farc{1}{2}\partial_x^2u+f(u)+\sigma\sqrt{u(1-u)}\dot{W}(t,x),~t\ge 0,~x\in\Rm, \] arising in…
We consider nonlinear parabolic SPDEs of the form $\partial_t u=\sL u + \sigma(u)\dot w$, where $\dot w$ denotes space-time white noise, $\sigma:\R\to\R$ is [globally] Lipschitz continuous, and $\sL$ is the $L^2$-generator of a L\'evy…
It is generally argued that the solution to a stochastic PDE with multiplicative noise---such as $\dot{u}=\frac12 u"+u\xi$, where $\xi$ denotes space-time white noise---routinely produces exceptionally-large peaks that are "macroscopically…
We study the speed of convergence of the explicit and implicit space-time discretization schemes of the solution $u(t,x)$ to a parabolic partial differential equation in any dimension perturbed by a space-correlated Gaussian noise. The…
We consider a family of nonlinear stochastic heat equations of the form $\partial_t u=\mathcal{L}u + \sigma(u)\dot{W}$, where $\dot{W}$ denotes space-time white noise, $\mathcal{L}$ the generator of a symmetric L\'evy process on $\R$, and…
We study strictly parabolic stochastic partial differential equations on $\R^d$, $d\ge 1$, driven by a Gaussian noise white in time and coloured in space. Assuming that the coefficients of the differential operator are random, we give…
We study the space-time nonlinear fractional stochastic heat equation driven by a space-time white noise, \begin{align*} \partial_t^\beta u(t,x)=-(-\Delta)^{\alpha/2}u(t,x)+I_t^{1-\beta}\Big[\sigma(u(t,x))\dot{W}(t,x)\Big],\ \ t>0, \ x\in…
In this article, we consider the stochastic wave equation in spatial dimension $d=1$, with linear term $\sigma(u)=u$ multiplying the noise. This equation is driven by a Gaussian noise which is white in time and fractional in space with…
We consider the perturbation of parabolic operators of the form $\partial_t+P(x,D)$ by large-amplitude highly oscillatory spatially dependent potentials modeled as Gaussian random fields. The amplitude of the potential is chosen so that the…
We consider solutions to linear parabolic SPDEs of the form \[ \mathrm{d} u(t) + A u(t)\, \mathrm{d} t = g(t)\, \mathrm{d} \beta, \qquad u(0)=0, \] where $A$ is a positive, invertible, and self-adjoint operator on a Hilbert space $X$,…
We consider nonlinear parabolic stochastic equations of the form $\partial_t u=\sL u + \lambda \sigma(u)\dot \xi$ on the ball $B(0,\,R)$, where $\dot \xi$ denotes some Gaussian noise and $\sigma$ is Lipschitz continuous. Here $\sL$…
This article is dedicated to the study of an SPDE of the form $$Lu(t,x)=\sigma(u(t,x))\dot{Z}(t,x) \quad t>0, x \in \cO$$ with zero initial conditions and Dirichlet boundary conditions, where $\sigma$ is a Lipschitz function, $L$ is a…