2018-09-19
10:15 at HCP F 43.4

Long time integration of stochastic differential equations: the interplay of geometric integration and stochastic integration

Gilles Vilmart

Université de Genève, Section de Mathématiques, Switzerland

The preservation of geometric structures, such as the symplecticity of the flow for Hamiltonian systems, often reveals essential for an accurate numerical integration, and this is the aim of geometric integration. In this talk we highlight the role that some geometric integration tools that were originally introduced in the deterministic setting play in the design of new accurate integrators to sample the invariant distribution of ergodic systems of stochastic ordinary and partial differential equations. In particular, we show how the ideas of modified differential equations and processing techniques permit to increase the order of accuracy of stiff or nonstiff integrators at a negligible overcost.

This talk is based on joint works with Assyr Abdulle (EPF Lausanne), Ibrahim Almuslimani (Univ. Geneva), Charles-Edouard Béhier (Univ. Lyon), Adrien Laurent (Univ. Geneva), Konstantinos C. Zygalakis (Univ. Edinburgh).