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David Nualart

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arXiv2025

Sharp upper bounds on hitting probabilities for the solution to the stochastic heat equation on the line

For Gaussian random fields with values in $\mathbb{R}^d$, sharp upper and lower bounds on the probability of hitting a fixed set have been available for many years. These apply in particular to the solutions of systems of linear SPDEs. For non-Gaussian random fields, the available bounds are less sharp. For nonlinear systems of stochastic heat equations, a sharp lower bound was obtained in a previous paper by two of the authors. Here, we obtain the corresponding sharp upper bound. The proof requires a bound on the joint probability density function of a two-dimensional random vector whose components are the solution to the {\em nonlinear} stochastic heat equation and the supremum over a small rectangle of the solution to the {\em linear} stochastic heat equation, in terms of the size of the rectangle. This bound makes use of a formula that expresses the density of a {\em locally nondegenerate} random vector as an iterated Skorohod integral. The main effort is to estimate, using Malliavin calculus, each of the terms that arise from this formula.

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arXiv2024

Gaussian fluctuations of spatial averages of a system of stochastic heat equations

We consider a system of $d$ non-linear stochastic heat equations driven by an $m$-dimensional space-time white noise on $\mathbb{R}_+\times \mathbb{R}$. In this paper we study the asymptotic behavior of spatial averages over large intervals $[-R,R]$. We establish a rate of convergence to a multivariate normal distribution in the Wasserstein distance and a functional central limit theorem.

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arXiv2023

Spatial ergodicity and central limit theorems for parabolic Anderson model with delta initial condition

Let $\{u(t\,, x)\}_{t >0, x \in\mathbb{R}}$ denote the solution to the parabolic Anderson model with initial condition $δ_0$ and driven by space-time white noise on $\mathbb{R}_+\times\mathbb{R}$, and let $p_t(x):= (2πt)^{-1/2}\exp\{-x^2/(2t)\}$ denote the standard Gaussian heat kernel on the line. We use a non-trivial adaptation of the methods in our companion papers \cite{CKNP,CKNP_b} in order to prove that the random field $x\mapsto u(t\,,x)/p_t(x)$ is ergodic for every $t >0$. And we establish an associated quantitative central limit theorem following the approach based on the Malliavin-Stein method introduced in Huang, Nualart, and Viitasaari \cite{HNV2018}.

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arXiv2022

Convergence of densities of spatial averages of the parabolic Anderson model driven by colored noise

In this paper, we present a rate of convergence in the uniform norm for the densities of spatial averages of the solution to the d-dimensional parabolic Anderson model driven by a Gaussian multiplicative noise, which is white in time and has a spatial covariance given by the Riesz kernel. The proof is based on the combination of Malliavin calculus techniques and the Stein's method for normal approximations.

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arXiv2022

The hyperbolic Anderson model: Moment estimates of the Malliavin derivatives and applications

In this article, we study the hyperbolic Anderson model driven by a space-time \emph{colored} Gaussian homogeneous noise with spatial dimension $d=1,2$. Under mild assumptions, we provide $L^p$-estimates of the iterated Malliavin derivative of the solution in terms of the fundamental solution of the wave solution. To achieve this goal, we rely heavily on the \emph{Wiener chaos expansion} of the solution. Our first application are \emph{quantitative central limit theorems} for spatial averages of the solution to the hyperbolic Anderson model, where the rates of convergence are described by the total variation distance. These quantitative results have been elusive so far due to the temporal correlation of the noise blocking us from using the Itô calculus. A \emph{novel} ingredient to overcome this difficulty is the \emph{second-order Gaussian Poincaré inequality} coupled with the application of the aforementioned $L^p$-estimates of the first two Malliavin derivatives. Besides, we provide the corresponding functional central limit theorems. As a second application, we establish the absolute continuity of the law for the hyperbolic Anderson model. The $L^p$-estimates of Malliavin derivatives are crucial ingredients to verify a local version of Bouleau-Hirsch criterion for absolute continuity. Our approach substantially simplifies the arguments for the one-dimensional case, which has been studied in the recent work by Balan, Quer-Sardanyons and Song (2019).

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arXiv2021

Central limit theorems for parabolic stochastic partial differential equations

Let $\{u(t\,,x)\}_{t\ge 0, x\in \mathbb{R}^d}$ denote the solution of a $d$-dimensional nonlinear stochastic heat equation that is driven by a Gaussian noise, white in time with a homogeneous spatial covariance that is a finite Borel measure $f$ and satisfies Dalang's condition. We prove two general functional central limit theorems for occupation fields of the form $N^{-d} \int_{\mathbb{R}^d} g(u(t\,,x)) ψ(x/N)\, \mathrm{d} x$ as $N\rightarrow \infty$, where $g$ runs over the class of Lipschitz functions on $\mathbb{R}^d$ and $ψ\in L^2(\mathbb{R}^d)$. The proof uses Poincaré-type inequalities, Malliavin calculus, compactness arguments, and Paul Lévy's classical characterization of Brownian motion as the only mean zero, continuous Lévy process. Our result generalizes central limit theorems of Huang et al \cite{HuangNualartViitasaari2018,HuangNualartViitasaariZheng2019} valid when $g(u)=u$ and $ψ= \mathbf{1}_{[0,1]^d}$.

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arXiv2021

Quantitative central limit theorems for the parabolic Anderson model driven by colored noises

In this paper, we study the spatial averages of the solution to the parabolic Anderson model driven by a space-time Gaussian homogeneous noise that is colored in time and space. We establish quantitative central limit theorems (CLT) of this spatial statistics under some mild assumptions, by using the Malliavin-Stein approach. The highlight of this paper is the obtention of rate of convergence in the colored-in-time setting, where one can not use Itô's calculus due to the lack of martingale structure. In particular, modulo highly technical computations, we apply a modified version of second-order Gaussian Poincaré inequality to overcome this lack of martingale structure and our work improves the results by Nualart-Zheng (2020 \emph{Electron. J. Probab.}) and Nualart-Song-Zheng (2021 \emph{ALEA, Lat. Am. J. Probab. Math. Stat.}).

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arXiv2021

Convergence of Densities of Spatial Averages of Stochastic Heat Equation

In this paper, we consider the one-dimensional stochastic heat equation driven by a space time white noise. In two different scenarios: {\it (i)} initial condition $u_0=1$ and general nonlinear coefficient $σ$ and {\it (ii)}: initial condition $u_0=δ_0$ and $σ(x)=x$ (Parabolic Anderson Model), we establish rates of convergence for the uniform distance between the density of (renormalized) spatial averages and the standard normal density. These results are based on the combination of Stein method for normal approximations and Malliavin calculus techniques. A key ingredient in Case (i) is a new estimate on the $L^p$-norm of the second Malliavin derivative.

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arXiv2021

Limit Theorems for Additive Functionals of the Fractional Brownian Motion

We investigate first and second order fluctuations of additive functionals of a fractional Brownian motion (fBm) of the form \begin{align}\label{eq:abstractmain} Z_n=\left\{\int_{0}^{t}f(n^{H}(B_{s}-λ))ds\ ; t\geq 0 \right\} \end{align} where $B=\{B_{t}; t \geq 0\}$ is a fBm with Hurst parameter $H\in (0,1)$, $f$ is a suitable test function and $λ\in \mathbb{R}$. We develop our study by distinguishing two regimes which exhibit different behaviors. When $H\in(0,1/3)$, we show that a suitable renormalization of $Z_n$, compensated by a multiple of the local time of $B$, converges towards a constant multiple of the derivative of the local time of $B$. In contrast, in the case $H\in[1/3,1)$ we show that $Z_n$ converges towards an independent Brownian motion subordinated to the local time of $B$. Our results refine and complement those from the current literature and solve at the same time the critical case $H=1/3$, which had remained open until now.

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arXiv2021

Regularization of differential equations by two fractional noises

In this paper we show the existence and uniqueness of a solution for a stochastic differential equation driven by an additive noise which is the sum of two fractional Brownian motions with different Hurst parameters. The proofs are based on the techniques of fractional calculus and Girsanov theorem. In particular, we show that the regularization effect of the fractional Brownian motion with the smaller Hurst index dominates.

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arXiv2021

Spatial stationarity, ergodicity and CLT for parabolic Anderson model with delta initial condition in dimension $d\geq 1$

Suppose that $\{u(t\,, x)\}_{t >0, x \in\mathbb{R}^d}$ is the solution to a $d$-dimensional parabolic Anderson model with delta initial condition and driven by a Gaussian noise that is white in time and has a spatially homogeneous covariance given by a nonnegative-definite measure $f$ which satisfies Dalang's condition. Let $\boldsymbol{p}_t(x):=(2πt)^{-d/2}\exp\{-\|x\|^2/(2t)\}$ denote the standard Gaussian heat kernel on $\mathbb{R}^d$. We prove that for all $t>0$, the process $U(t):=\{u(t\,, x)/\boldsymbol{p}_t(x): x\in \mathbb{R}^d\}$ is stationary using Feynman-Kac's formula, and is ergodic under the additional condition $\hat{f}\{0\}=0$, where $\hat{f}$ is the Fourier transform of $f$. Moreover, using Malliavin-Stein method, we investigate various central limit theorems for $U(t)$ based on the quantitative analysis of $f$. In particular, when $f$ is given by Riesz kernel, i.e., $f(\mathrm{d} x) = \|x\|^{-β}\mathrm{d} x$, we obtain a multiple phase transition for the CLT for $U(t)$ from $β\in(0\,,1)$ to $β=1$ to $β\in(1\,,d\wedge 2)$.

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arXiv2020

Averaging 2d stochastic wave equation

We consider a 2D stochastic wave equation driven by a Gaussian noise, which is temporally white and spatially colored described by the Riesz kernel. Our first main result is the functional central limit theorem for the spatial average of the solution. And we also establish a quantitative central limit theorem for the marginal and the rate of convergence is described by the total-variation distance. A fundamental ingredient in our proofs is the pointwise $L^p$-estimate of Malliavin derivative, which is of independent interest.

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arXiv2020

Spatial averages for the Parabolic Anderson model driven by rough noise

In this paper, we study spatial averages for the parabolic Anderson model in the Skorohod sense driven by rough Gaussian noise, which is colored in space and time. We include the case of a fractional noise with Hurst parameters $H_0$ in time and $H_1$ in space, satisfying $H_0 \in (1/2,1)$, $H_1\in (0,1/2)$ and $H_0 + H_1 > 3/4$. Our main result is a functional central limit theorem for the spatial averages. As an important ingredient of our analysis, we present a Feynman-Kac formula that is new for these values of the Hurst parameters.

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arXiv2020

Central limit theorems for spatial averages of the stochastic heat equation via Malliavin-Stein's method

Suppose that $\{u(t\,, x)\}_{t >0, x \in\mathbb{R}^d}$ is the solution to a $d$-dimensional stochastic heat equation driven by a Gaussian noise that is white in time and has a spatially homogeneous covariance that satisfies Dalang's condition. The purpose of this paper is to establish quantitative central limit theorems for spatial averages of the form $N^{-d} \int_{[0,N]^d} g(u(t\,,x))\, \mathrm{d} x$, as $N\rightarrow\infty$, where $g$ is a Lipschitz-continuous function or belongs to a class of locally-Lipschitz functions, using a combination of the Malliavin calculus and Stein's method for normal approximations. Our results include a central limit theorem for the {\it Hopf-Cole} solution to KPZ equation. We also establish a functional central limit theorem for these spatial averages.

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arXiv2020

Quantitative normal approximations for the stochastic fractional heat equation

In this article we present a {\it quantitative} central limit theorem for the stochastic fractional heat equation driven by a a general Gaussian multiplicative noise, including the cases of space-time white noise and the white-colored noise with spatial covariance given by the Riesz kernel or a bounded integrable function. We show that the spatial average over a ball of radius $R$ converges, as $R$ tends to infinity, after suitable renormalization, towards a Gaussian limit in the total variation distance. We also provide a functional central limit theorem. As such, we extend recently proved similar results for stochastic heat equation to the case of the fractional Laplacian and to the case of general noise.

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