On the Aubry-Mather theory for partial differential equations and the stability of stochastically forced ordinary differential equations

This dissertation is organized into four chapters: an introduction followed by three chapters, each based on one of three separate papers. In Chapter 2 we consider gradient descent equations for energy functionals of the type [mathematical equation] where A is a second-order uniformly elliptic opera...

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Main Author: Blass, Timothy James
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2011-05-2798