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Probability and Combinatorics

Tuesday, February 24, 2015 - 2:30pm

Jin Feng

Kansas University

Location

University of Pennsylvania

DRL 4E9

Onsager has a conjecture on large time behavior of vortex dynamics derived from Euler equation on 2D torus. For such argument to go through, at one point, one needs to invoke an (un-available) ergodic theory for deterministic Hamiltonian systems. Relaxing to stochastic vortex dynamics (corresponding to mean-field models of 2D Navier-Stokes) instead, one can add another parameter. By considering an re-arranged multi-parameter limit, one can reformulate the problem as a combination of large deviation problem, and large time behavior for quasi-potentials in space of probability measures. This talk will focus on a theory of Hamilton-Jacobi equation in space of probability measures developed for solving both the above problems. Talk will be based on joint works with Andrzej Swiech.