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# Discrete stochastic heat equation driven by fractional noise: Feynman-Kac representation and asymptotic behavior

We consider the parabolic Anderson model on $\mathbb{Z}^d$ driven by fractional noise. We prove that it has a mild solution given by Feynman-Kac representation which coincides with the partition function of a directed polymer in a fractional Brownian environment. Our argument works in a unified way for every Hurst parameter in $(0,1)$. We also study the asymptotic time evolution of this solution. We show that for $H\leq1/2$, almost surely, it converges asymptotically to $e^{\lambda t}$ for some deterministic strictly positive constant $\lambda$'. Our argument is robust for every jump rate and non-pathological spatial covariance structures.
For $H>1/2$ on one hand, we demonstrate that the solution grows asymptotically no faster than $e^{k t\sqrt{\log t}}$, for some positive deterministic constant $k$'. On the other hand, the asymptotic growth is lower-bounded by $e^{c t}$ for some positive deterministic constant `$c$'.
Invoking Malliavin calculus seems inevitable for our results.

Thèse École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne EPFL, n° 6381 (2014)
Programme doctoral Mathématiques
Faculté des sciences de base
Institut de mathématiques d'analyse et applications
Chaire de processus stochastique
Jury: Prof. J. Krieger (président) ; Prof. T. Mountford (directeur) ; Prof. F. Comets, Prof. M. Cranston, Prof. R. Dalang (rapporteurs)

Public defense: 2014-10-17

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