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On a stochastic wave equation with unilateral boundary conditions

Author(s): Jong Uhn Kim
Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 360 (2008), 575-607.
MSC (2000): Primary 35L65, 35R60, 60H15
Posted: July 20, 2007
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Abstract: We prove the existence and uniqueness of solutions to the initial boundary value problem for a one-dimensional wave equation with unilateral boundary conditions and random noise. We also establish the existence of an invariant measure.

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Jong Uhn Kim
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0123
Email: kim@math.vt.edu

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9947-07-04143-8
PII: S 0002-9947(07)04143-8
Keywords: Unilateral boundary conditions, Brownian motion, existence of a solution, pathwise uniqueness, invariant measure, probability distribution.
Received by editor(s): June 9, 2004
Received by editor(s) in revised form: July 17, 2005
Posted: July 20, 2007
Copyright of article: Copyright 2007, American Mathematical Society

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