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math.PR2026

Coadjoint averaging and cross-scale fluxes in a fast-slow stochastic Euler-Arnold system on

Wenqing Hu

We study the emergence of (cross-scale) fluxes associated with energy and enstrophy in a stochastic version of Zeitlin's approximation of 2-d Euler dynamics. Motivated by t…

math.PR2022

On the Posterior Distribution of a Random Process Conditioned on Empirical Frequencies of a Finite Path: the i.i.d and finite Markov chain case

Wenqing Hu, Hong Qian

We obtain the posterior distribution of a random process conditioned on observing the empirical frequencies of a finite sample path. We find under a rather broad assumption on the…

math.PR2019★ 2 cited

Wave propagation for reaction-diffusion equations on infinite random trees

Wai-Tong Louis Fan, Wenqing Hu, Grigory Terlov

The asymptotic wave speed for FKPP type reaction-diffusion equations on a class of infinite random metric trees are considered. We show that a travelling wavefront emerges, provide…

math.PR2018

On the long-time behavior of a perturbed conservative system with degeneracy

Wenqing Hu

We consider in this work a model conservative system subject to dissipation and Gaussian-type stochastic perturbations. The original conservative system possesses a continuous set…

math.PR2017★ 3 cited

On the Global Convergence of Continuous-Time Stochastic Heavy-Ball Method for Nonconvex Optimization

Wenqing Hu, Chris Junchi Li, Xiang Zhou

We study the convergence behavior of the stochastic heavy-ball method with a small stepsize. Under a change of time scale, we approximate the discrete method by a stochastic differ…

math.PR2017★ 1 cited

Large deviations and averaging for systems of slow--fast stochastic reaction--diffusion equations

Wenqing Hu, Michael Salins, Konstantinos Spiliopoulos

We study a large deviation principle for a system of stochastic reaction--diffusion equations (SRDEs) with a separation of fast and slow components and small noise in the slow comp…

math.PR2017★ 7 cited

A convergence analysis of the perturbed compositional gradient flow: averaging principle and normal deviations

Wenqing Hu, Chris Junchi Li

We consider in this work a system of two stochastic differential equations named the perturbed compositional gradient flow. By introducing a separation of fast and slow scales of t…

math.PR2017★ 9 cited

On the fast convergence of random perturbations of the gradient flow

Jiaojiao Yang, Wenqing Hu, Chris Junchi Li

We consider in this work small random perturbations (of multiplicative noise type) of the gradient flow. We prove that under mild conditions, when the potential function is a Morse…

math.PR2016

Itô's formula, the stochastic exponential and change of measure on general time scales

Wenqing Hu

We provide an Itô's formula for stochastic dynamical equation on general time scales. Based on this Itô's formula we give a closed form expression for stochastic exponential on gen…

math.PR2015★ 1 cited

Hypoelliptic multiscale Langevin diffusions: Large deviations, invariant measures and small mass asymptotics

Wenqing Hu, Konstantinos Spiliopoulos

We consider a general class of non-gradient hypoelliptic Langevin diffusions and study two related questions. The first one is large deviations for hypoelliptic multiscale diffusio…

math.PR2013★ 3 cited

Wave front propagation for a reaction-diffusion equation in narrow random channels

Mark Freidlin, Wenqing Hu

We consider a reaction-diffusion equation in narrow random channels. We approximate the generalized solution to this equation by the corresponding one on a random graph. By making…

math.PR2012★ 9 cited

On diffusion in narrow random channels

Mark Freidlin, Wenqing Hu

We consider in this paper a solvable model for the motion of molecular motors. Based on the averaging principle, we reduce the problem to a diffusion process on a graph. We then ca…

math.PR2012★ 3 cited

On stochasticity in nearly-elastic systems

Mark Freidlin, Wenqing Hu

Nearly-elastic model systems with one or two degrees of freedom are considered: the system is undergoing a small loss of energy in each collision with the "wall". We show that inst…

math.PR2012★ 33 cited

Smoluchowski-Kramers approximation in the case of variable friction

Mark Freidlin, Wenqing Hu

We consider the small mass asymptotics (Smoluchowski-Kramers approximation) for the Langevin equation with a variable friction coefficient. The limit of the solution in the classic…

math.PR2012★ 13 cited

On perturbations of generalized Landau-Lifshitz dynamics

Mark Freidlin, Wenqing Hu

We consider deterministic and stochastic perturbations of dynamical systems with conservation laws in . The Landau-Lifshitz equation for the magnetization dynamics in ferroma…

math.PR2012★ 4 cited

On second order elliptic equations with a small parameter

Mark Freidlin, Wenqing Hu

The Neumann problem with a small parameter is considered in this paper.…

math.PR2012★ 1 cited

Random perturbations of dynamical systems with reflecting boundary and corresponding PDE with a small parameter

Wenqing Hu, Lucas Tcheuko

We study the asymptotic behavior of a diffusion process with small diffusion in a domain . This process is reflected at with respect to a co-normal direction pointi…

math.PR2012★ 3 cited

On metastability in nearly-elastic systems

Wenqing Hu

We consider a nearly-elastic model system with one degree of freedom. In each collision with the "wall", the system can either lose or gain a small amount of energy due to stochast…

math.PR2012★ 15 cited

Small mass asymptotic for the motion with vanishing friction

Mark Freidlin, Wenqing Hu, Alexander Wentzell

We consider the small mass asymptotic (Smoluchowski-Kramers approximation) for the Langevin equation with a variable friction coefficient. The friction coefficient is assumed to be…