Geometry's fundamental role in the stability of stochastic differential equations
by Herzog, David P., Ph.D., THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, 2011, 108 pages; 3453007

Abstract:

We study dynamical systems in the complex plane under the effect of constant noise. We show for a wide class of polynomial equations that the ergodic property is valid in the associated stochastic perturbation if and only if the noise added is in the direction transversal to all unstable trajectories of the deterministic system. This has the interpretation that noise in the “right” direction prevents the process from being unstable: a fundamental, but not well-understood, geometric principle which seems to underlie many other similar equations. In view of [Has80, JK85, Jur97, MT93b, RB06, SV72], the result is proven by using Lyapunov functions and geometric control theory.

 
AdviserJan Wehr
SchoolTHE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
SourceDAI/B 72-07, p. , May 2011
Source TypeDissertation
SubjectsApplied mathematics; Mathematics; Particle physics
Publication Number3453007
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