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Pathways Workshop: Kinetic Theory & Stochastic Partial Differential Equations: Viscous shock solutions in KPZ

Presenter
August 21, 2025
Keywords:
  • singular SPDEs
  • regularity structures
  • paracontrolled calculus
  • KPZ equation
  • space-time white noise
  • stochastic quantization
  • Multiscale analysis
  • Intermittency
  • SPDEs from fluid dynamics
  • Boltzmann equation
  • Vlasov-Poisson system
  • Vlasov-Maxwell system
  • Fokker-Planck equation
  • BBGKY hierarchy
MSC:
  • 60H15 - Stochastic partial differential equations (aspects of stochastic analysis) [See also 35R60]
  • 82C40 - Kinetic theory of gases in time-dependent statistical mechanics
Abstract
I will present some joint work with Evan Sorensen on the long-term behavior of "V-shaped" solutions for the KPZ equation and the KPZ fixed point, and describe how this understanding can be used in the classification of time-invariant measures for this equation. I will also describe the relationship between these solutions and shock solutions for the stochastic Burgers equation.