Multi-valued random dynamics of stochastic wave equations with infinite delays

<p style='text-indent:20px;'>This paper is devoted to the asymptotic behavior of solutions to a non-autonomous stochastic wave equation with infinite delays and additive white noise. The nonlinear terms of the equation are not expected to be Lipschitz continuous, but only satisfy continuity assumptions along with growth conditions, under which the uniqueness of the solutions may not hold. Using the theory of multi-valued non-autonomous random dynamical systems, we prove the existence and measurability of a compact global pullback attractor.</p>

An inverse source problem for the stochastic wave equation

<p style='text-indent:20px;'>This paper is concerned with an inverse source problem for the stochastic wave equation driven by a fractional Brownian motion. Given the random source, the direct problem is to study the solution of the stochastic wave equation. The inverse problem is to determine the statistical properties of the source from the expectation and covariance of the final-time data. For the direct problem, it is shown to be well-posed with a unique mild solution. For the inverse problem, the uniqueness is proved for a certain class of functions and the instability is characterized. Numerical experiments are presented to illustrate the reconstructions by using a truncation-based regularization method.</p>

Weak convergence of fully discrete finite element approximations of semilinear hyperbolic SPDE with additive noise

The numerical approximation of the mild solution to a semilinear stochastic wave equation driven by additive noise is considered. A standard finite element method is employed for the spatial approximation and a a rational approximation of the exponential function for the temporal approximation. First, strong convergence of this approximation in both positive and negative order norms is proven. With the help of Malliavin calculus techniques this result is then used to deduce weak convergence rates for the class of twice continuously differentiable test functions with polynomially bounded derivatives. Under appropriate assumptions on the parameters of the equation, the weak rate is found to be essentially twice the strong rate. This extends earlier work by one of the authors to the semilinear setting. Numerical simulations illustrate the theoretical results.