Homogenization of a stochastically forced Hamilton-Jacobi equation

Seeger, Benjamin

Annales de l'I.H.P. Analyse non linéaire, juillet – août 2021, Tome 38 (2021) no. 4, pp. 1217-1253.

We study the homogenization of a Hamilton-Jacobi equation forced by rapidly oscillating noise that is colored in space and white in time. It is shown that the homogenized equation is deterministic, and, in general, the noise has an enhancement effect, for which we provide a quantitative estimate. As an application, we perform a noise sensitivity analysis for Hamilton-Jacobi equations forced by a noise term with small amplitude, and identify the scaling at which the macroscopic enhancement effect is felt. The results depend on new, probabilistic estimates for the large scale Hölder regularity of the solutions, which are of independent interest.

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