Brownian Motion and its Applications to Mathematical Analysis École d'Été de Probabilités de Saint-Flour XLIII – 2013

These lecture notes provide an introduction to the applications of Brownian motion to analysis and, more generally, connections between Brownian motion and analysis. Brownian motion is a well-suited model for a wide range of real random phenomena, from chaotic oscillations of microscopic objects, su...

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Main Author: Burdzy, Krzysztof
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2014, 2014
Edition:1st ed. 2014
Series:École d'Été de Probabilités de Saint-Flour
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:These lecture notes provide an introduction to the applications of Brownian motion to analysis and, more generally, connections between Brownian motion and analysis. Brownian motion is a well-suited model for a wide range of real random phenomena, from chaotic oscillations of microscopic objects, such as flower pollen in water, to stock market fluctuations. It is also a purely abstract mathematical tool which can be used to prove theorems in "deterministic" fields of mathematics. The notes include a brief review of Brownian motion and a section on probabilistic proofs of classical theorems in analysis. The bulk of the notes are devoted to recent (post-1990) applications of stochastic analysis to Neumann eigenfunctions, Neumann heat kernel and the heat equation in time-dependent domains
Physical Description:XII, 137 p. 16 illus., 4 illus. in color online resource
ISBN:9783319043944