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Title: Stationary measure for the open KPZ equation
Abstract We provide the first construction of stationary measures for the open KPZ equation on the spatial interval [0,1] with general inhomogeneous Neumann boundary conditions at 0 and 1 depending on real parametersuandv, respectively. When , we uniquely characterize the constructed stationary measures through their multipoint Laplace transform, which we prove is given in terms of a stochastic process that we call the continuous dual Hahn process. Our work relies on asymptotic analysis of Bryc and Wesołowski's Askey–Wilson process formulas for the open ASEP stationary measure (which in turn arise from Uchiyama, Sasamoto and Wadati's Askey‐Wilson Jacobi matrix representation of Derrida et al.'s matrix product ansatz) in conjunction with Corwin and Shen's proof that open ASEP converges to open KPZ under weakly asymmetric scaling.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2246576 1937254 1811143 1664650 1704186
PAR ID:
10498397
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
CPAM
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics
Volume:
77
Issue:
4
ISSN:
0010-3640
Page Range / eLocation ID:
2183 to 2267
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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