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Overcoming criticality for PDEs with randomness

Project description

Answering questions of PDEs and dispersive equations

Differential equations are fundamental to many fields, enabling critical calculations and insights. The study of partial differential equations (PDEs), particularly dispersive equations, has seen increasing focus and interest due to their potential in advancing fields such as quantum field theory. Unfortunately, despite recent key breakthroughs in the theory of singular stochastic parabolic PDEs, many key questions of dispersive equations remain unanswered. The ERC-funded CritPDEsRand project aims to develop mathematical tools and concepts to explore these fundamental problems. Specifically, the project will use advances in probability and the interface of the two fields to deduce critical insights and overcome previous challenges.

Objective

"This proposal is concerned with the study of the dynamics of partial differential equations (PDEs), broadly interpreted, in the presence of randomness, with a particular focus on dispersive equations. This is a young but promising emerging field, and it has deep connections with the more established field of constructive quantum field theory.
In recent years, we have witnessed outstanding advances in the theory of singular stochastic parabolic PDEs, and while several breakthroughs have been obtained for the dispersive counterpart, many fundamental questions are still open. In particular, many of these questions are ""critical"" or ""supercritical"" according to our current understanding. The main goal of this proposal is to develop novel mathematical ideas and tools to break this barrier of criticality, and provide a resolution to these fundamental problems.
Over the last ten years, there has been significant progress at the interface of dispersive PDEs and probability. In my short career,
I have been one of the leading figures of this field and I have achieved significant breakthroughs. Particularly, my works on phase transitions for focusing Gibbs measures, ergodicity results for stochastic wave equations and global well posedness result for fractional NLS in negative regularity have opened the door to new exciting possibilities.
In this proposal,

In this proposal,
1. I will work on the Φ^p_d quantum field theories on R^d, both in the focusing and defocusing regime. This will answer major open questions related to the soliton resolution conjecture and in constructive quantum field theory.
2. I will improve our understanding of how Gaussian measures are transported by the flow of nonlinear PDEs.
3. I will develop a theory of (regular) Lagrangian flows for dispersive PDEs, and use it to break the barrier of criticality for these equations."

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Funding Scheme

HORIZON-ERC - HORIZON ERC Grants

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Call for proposal

(opens in new window) ERC-2025-STG

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Host institution

THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
Net EU contribution
€ 1 496 455,00
Address
OLD COLLEGE, SOUTH BRIDGE
EH8 9YL Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Region
Scotland Eastern Scotland Edinburgh
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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Total cost
€ 1 496 455,00

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