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David Hilbert

Webpage last updated November 9, 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. Convergence of non-symmetric forms with changing reference measures. Preprint, submitted (2026), 83 pp., arXiv:2611.00975.
    2. J. M. Tölle (with M. Hinz and L. Viitasaari). Lower path regularity in all dimensions. Preprint, submitted (2026), 25 pp., arXiv:2605.27713.
    3. J. M. Tölle (with G. Barrera). Mixing times for the stochastic p-Laplace equation. Preprint, submitted (2026), 36 pp., arXiv:2602.00853.
    4. 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.
    5. J. M. Tölle (with G. Barrera). Ergodicity and mixing for locally monotone stochastic evolution equations. Preprint, submitted (2024), 46 pp., arXiv:2412.01381.

Journal Publications

Accepted for publication in peer reviewed proceedings

    1. J. M. Tölle. Convergence of solutions to the p-Laplace evolution equation as p goes to 1. To appear in: Topics on Irregular Stochastic Analysis, Workshop on Irregular Stochastic Analysis Cortona, 23–27 June 2025, Springer INdAM Series, 2026, 12 pp., author accepted manuscript available at http://arxiv.org/abs/1103.0229.
    2. 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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