On stochastic parameterizing manifolds: Pullback characterization and Non-Markovian reduced equations

A general approach to provide approximate parameterizations of the "small" scales by the "large" ones, is developed for stochastic partial differential equations driven by linear multiplicative noise. This is accomplished via the concept of parameterizing manifolds (PMs) that are stochastic manifolds which improve in mean square error the partial knowledge of the full SPDE solution $u$ when compared to the projection of $u$ onto the resolved modes, for a given realization of the noise. Backward-forward systems are designed to give access to such PMs in practice. The key idea consists of representing the modes with high wave numbers (as parameterized by the sought PM) as a pullback limit depending on the time-history of the modes with low wave numbers. The resulting manifolds obtained by such a procedure are not subject to a spectral gap condition such as encountered in the classical theory. Instead, certain PMs can be determined under weaker non-resonance conditions. Non-Markovian stochastic reduced systems are then derived based on such a PM approach. Such reduced systems take the form of SDEs involving random coefficients that convey memory effects via the history of the Wiener process, and arise from the nonlinear interactions between the low modes, embedded in the "noise bath." These random coefficients follow typically non-Gaussian statistics and exhibit an exponential decay of correlations whose rate depends explicitly on gaps arising in the non-resonances conditions. It is shown on a stochastic Burgers-type equation, that such PM-based reduced systems can achieve very good performance in reproducing statistical features of the SPDE dynamics projected onto the resolved modes, such as the autocorrelations and probability functions of the corresponding modes amplitude.