Global existence of dissipative solutions to the Camassa--Holm equation with transport noise

Luca Galimberti, Helge Holden, Kenneth H. Karlsen, Peter H. C. Pang

Published 2022-11-13Version 1

We consider a nonlinear stochastic partial differential equation (SPDE) that takes the form of the Camassa--Holm equation perturbed by a convective, position-dependent, noise term. We establish the first global-in-time existence result for dissipative weak martingale solutions to this SPDE, with general finite-energy initial data. The solution is obtained as the limit of classical solutions to parabolic SPDEs. The proof combines model-specific statistical estimates with stochastic propagation of compactness techniques, along with the systematic use of tightness and a.s. representations of random variables on specific quasi-Polish spaces. The spatial dependence of the noise function makes more difficult the analysis of a priori estimates and various renormalisations, giving rise to nonlinear terms induced by the martingale part of the equation and the second-order Stratonovich--It\^{o} correction term, which in turn require the use of non-standard commutator estimates.