Strong and Weak Approximation of Semilinear Stochastic Evolution Equations

Download or read book Strong and Weak Approximation of Semilinear Stochastic Evolution Equations written by Raphael Kruse and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-11-18 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book we analyze the error caused by numerical schemes for the approximation of semilinear stochastic evolution equations (SEEq) in a Hilbert space-valued setting. The numerical schemes considered combine Galerkin finite element methods with Euler-type temporal approximations. Starting from a precise analysis of the spatio-temporal regularity of the mild solution to the SEEq, we derive and prove optimal error estimates of the strong error of convergence in the first part of the book. The second part deals with a new approach to the so-called weak error of convergence, which measures the distance between the law of the numerical solution and the law of the exact solution. This approach is based on Bismut’s integration by parts formula and the Malliavin calculus for infinite dimensional stochastic processes. These techniques are developed and explained in a separate chapter, before the weak convergence is proven for linear SEEq.