Weak convergence and invariant measure of a full discretization for non-globally Lipschitz parabolic SPDE

Abstract

Approximating the invariant measure and the expectation of the functionals for parabolic stochastic partial differential equations (SPDEs) with non-globally Lipschitz coefficients is an active research area and is far from being well understood. In this article, we study such problem in terms of a full discretization based on the spectral Galerkin method and the temporal implicit Euler scheme. By deriving the a priori estimates and regularity estimates of the numerical solution via a variational approach and Malliavin calculus, we establish the sharp weak convergence rate of the full discretization. When the SPDE admits a unique $V$-uniformly ergodic invariant measure, we prove that the invariant measure can be approximated by the full discretization. The key ingredients lie on the time-independent weak convergence analysis and time-independent regularity estimates of the corresponding Kolmogorov equation. Finally, numerical experiments confirm the theoretical findings.