Special Session 11: Stochastic Partial Differential Equations

Renormalization destroys a finite time bifurcation in the $\Phi^4_2$ equation
Alexandra Blessing
University of Konstanz
Germany
Co-Author(s):    Nicolas Perkowski, Chara Zhu
Abstract:
We study the singular $\Phi^4_2$ equation at a pitchfork bifurcation of the underlying deterministic dynamics. To this aim, we linearize the SPDE along its stationary solution and show that the support of its finite-time Lyapunov exponents (FTLEs) is the real line, regardless of the bifurcation parameter and in sharp contrast to the non-singular $\Phi^4_1$ equation. The proof relies on a support theorem for the stationary solution and its renormalized square.