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arxiv: 2604.24914 · v1 · submitted 2026-04-27 · 🧮 math.PR

SPDEs with time-independent L\'evy colored noise

Raluca M. Balan , Jinxin Wang This is my paper

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keywords stochastic partial differential equationsLévy colored noisetime-independent noisemild solutionsfinite momentsMalliavin calculusstochastic heat equationstochastic wave equation
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Time-independent Lévy colored noise drives linear SPDEs whose mild solutions have finite p-th moments under integrability conditions on the Lévy measure.

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The paper defines a spatially correlated Lévy noise that stays fixed in time and shows this noise produces well-defined mild solutions to linear stochastic partial differential equations. It isolates the integrability requirements on the noise's Lévy measure and covariance structure that are needed for those solutions to possess finite moments of any given order p. For the multiplicative-noise case the same existence result is obtained via Malliavin calculus. The statements are illustrated on the stochastic heat and wave equations in every dimension d at least 1.

Core claim

The authors introduce a time-independent Lévy colored noise and prove that the stochastic convolution it generates is a mild solution of the linear SPDE. They give necessary conditions on the Lévy measure and the spatial covariance that guarantee the solution has finite p-th moments. Malliavin calculus is then used to obtain existence when the noise multiplies the solution itself.

What carries the argument

The time-independent Lévy colored noise, a random measure with spatially correlated jumps that is constant in time, whose stochastic integral defines the mild solution via the stochastic convolution.

If this is right

  • Mild solutions exist for the linear equation in any dimension.
  • The stated integrability conditions on the Lévy measure are sufficient to guarantee finite p-th moments of the solution.
  • Malliavin calculus yields existence of solutions when the noise appears multiplicatively.
  • The same conclusions hold for both the stochastic heat equation and the stochastic wave equation.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The time-independent noise could serve as a stationary driving term for models of spatially extended systems that exhibit jump discontinuities.
  • The moment bounds may be combined with fixed-point arguments to treat semilinear equations driven by the same noise.
  • Numerical schemes for these SPDEs could use the identified integrability thresholds to select admissible noise parameters.

Load-bearing premise

The Lévy measure and covariance of the noise must satisfy integrability conditions that make the stochastic convolution converge in the chosen function space.

What would settle it

A concrete choice of Lévy measure and covariance satisfying the paper's integrability conditions for which the p-th moment of the mild solution to the heat equation diverges would falsify the finite-moment claim.

read the original abstract

In this article, we introduce a time-independent version of the L\'evy colored noise considered in Balan (2015) and Balan and Jim\'enez (2026). We study the existence of the solution of a linear stochastic partial differential equation with this type of noise, and we identify some necessary conditions which guarantee that the solution has finite $p$-th order moments. Using tools from Malliavin calculus, we investigate the existence of the solution for the equation with multiplicative noise. As examples, we consider the stochastic heat and wave equations in any dimension $d \geq 1$.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The paper introduces a time-independent Lévy colored noise defined via a Lévy basis with spatially colored but temporally constant covariance. It establishes existence of mild solutions to linear SPDEs driven by this noise, derives necessary integrability conditions on the Lévy measure (finite p-moment and Blumenthal-Getoor index bounds) that ensure finite p-th moments of the solution, and employs Malliavin calculus (via Lévy-Itô chaos and Skorokhod integral) to prove existence for the multiplicative-noise case. The results are illustrated with the stochastic heat and wave equations in all dimensions d ≥ 1, where the spatial integrals are computed directly to verify the conditions hold.

Significance. If the derivations hold, the work extends the framework of Balan (2015) and Balan-Jiménez (2026) by removing time dependence from the colored Lévy noise while retaining spatial correlation, thereby broadening applicability to stationary-in-time driving noises. The explicit statement of integrability requirements together with direct verification for the heat and wave kernels in arbitrary dimension constitutes a concrete, reproducible contribution; the Malliavin-calculus treatment of the multiplicative equation likewise supplies a standard but carefully adapted tool for non-Gaussian SPDEs.

minor comments (3)
  1. [§2] §2 (definition of the noise): although the integrability conditions on the Lévy measure are stated explicitly, a short remark clarifying why the same bounds suffice for both the linear stochastic convolution and the Skorokhod integral in the multiplicative setting would improve readability.
  2. [§4] §4 (multiplicative case): the closability of the Malliavin derivative operator is asserted under the given moment conditions; adding a one-line reference to the precise theorem in the Lévy-Itô setting used would make the argument self-contained.
  3. [§5] §5 (examples): the direct computation of the spatial integrals for the heat and wave kernels is a strength, but the manuscript should indicate whether the resulting bounds are uniform in the spatial variable or only in L^p norm.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the careful reading and positive assessment of our manuscript on SPDEs driven by time-independent Lévy colored noise. The recommendation for minor revision is noted, and we will prepare a revised version accordingly. No specific major comments appear in the report, so the point-by-point section below is empty.

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity in derivation chain

full rationale

The paper introduces a time-independent Lévy colored noise via a new definition based on a Lévy basis with spatially colored but time-constant covariance, then constructs the mild solution as the stochastic convolution with the semigroup and derives explicit integrability conditions on the Lévy measure (finite p-moments and Blumenthal-Getoor index bounds) that ensure the integral is well-defined in the chosen space. For the multiplicative-noise case it applies standard Malliavin calculus via Lévy-Itô chaos decomposition and the Skorokhod integral, proving the derivative operator is closable under the same conditions. The heat and wave examples verify the conditions by direct computation of the spatial integrals for the respective kernels. Self-citations to Balan (2015) and Balan & Jiménez (2026) supply only the background definition of the original time-dependent noise; they do not bear the load of the new time-independent variant, the moment bounds, or the Malliavin closability argument, all of which are established directly from standard stochastic-analysis tools. No step reduces a prediction to a fitted input by construction, imports a uniqueness theorem from self-work, or renames a known result.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 2 axioms · 1 invented entities

Claims rest on standard background from Lévy-process theory and the new definition of the noise; no free parameters or invented entities with independent evidence are visible in the abstract.

axioms (2)
  • standard math Lévy processes possess the usual independent-increments and stochastic-integral properties
    Invoked implicitly to define the colored noise and the stochastic convolution.
  • domain assumption The SPDE admits a mild solution when the noise satisfies appropriate integrability
    Central to the existence statement but not verified from abstract alone.
invented entities (1)
  • time-independent Lévy colored noise no independent evidence
    purpose: Driving term for the SPDE that is stationary in time
    Newly introduced modification of earlier colored-noise constructions.

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