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David Hilbert

Webpage last updated Januar 5, 2026

  • Stochastic dynamics and stochastic partial differential equations
  • (Stochastic) variational calculus and infinite dimensional optimization
  • Time-evolution models from fluid dynamics, biology, ecology, and neuroscience involving randomness
  • Singular phenomena, mathematical perturbation theory and modeling of critical physical systems
  • Asymptotic invariance properties, ergodicity and uniqueness questions of complex stochastic systems
  • Theoretical approximation theory and variational convergence

Submitted for peer review

    1. J. M. Tölle (with M. Hinz and L. Viitasaari). On fractal minimizers and potentials of occupation measures. Preprint, submitted (2025), 28 pp., arXiv:2512.14248.
    2. J. M. Tölle (with A.-M. Otsetova). Ergodicity for stochastic neural field equations. Preprint, submitted (2025), 30 pp., arXiv:2505.14012.
    3. J. M. Tölle (with G. Barrera). Ergodicity and mixing for locally monotone stochastic evolution equations. Preprint, submitted (2024), 44 pp., arXiv:2412.01381.

Journal Publications

Accepted for publication in peer reviewed proceedings

    1. J. M. Tölle (with I. Ciotir and D. Goreac). Stochastic evolution equations with nonlinear diffusivity, recent progress and critical cases. To appear in Stochastic analysis for irregular stochastic and deterministic models, Winter School CIRM Marseille, January 8-12th 2024, Springer Nature, 2026, 14 pp., author accepted manuscript available at arXiv:2510.20471.

Published in peer reviewed proceedings

    1. J. M. Tölle. Estimates for nonlinear stochastic partial differential equations with gradient noise via Dirichlet forms. In: Eberle A., Grothaus M., Hoh W., Kassmann M., Stannat W., Trutnau G. (eds) Stochastic Partial Differential Equations and Related Fields. SPDERF 2016. Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, vol 229. Springer, Cham, 2018, pp. 249–262. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74929-7_14.

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