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Enormous 'rogue waves' can appear out of nowhere. Math is revealing their secrets.
Once considered a maritime myth, these towering waves can pose serious risks to ships in the open sea. Now scientists are developing ways to predict them before they strike.
A Large Deviation Theory Approach to Rogue Waves
Using experimental data and instanton theory to model rogue waves as extreme events at SIAM CSE21.
Rogue Waves: Freaks of Nature Studied with Math and Lasers
The elusive waves, once thought to be myths, are explained by the same math that's found in a wide range of settings.
New Model Predicts Sudden Rogue Waves
Unified theory describes formation of huge, mysterious waves.
Monsterwellen auf der Spur
Seit Jahren streiten Wissenschaftler darüber, wie die rätselhaften Giganten des Meeres entstehen, die schon etlichen Menschen das Leben gekostet haben. Ein neuer Ansatz aus der Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie könnte Monsterwellen nun vorhersagen – unabhängig davon, was sie verursacht.
The Grand Unified Theory of Rogue Waves
A Unifying Framework for Describing Rogue Waves
A theory for rogue waves based on instantons—a mathematical concept developed in quantum chromodynamics—has been successfully tested in controlled laboratory experiments.
EPN Instanton filtering for the stochastic Burgers equation
Extreme events in stochastic nonlinear systems play an essential role in nature. Characterizing their likelihood is a fundamental albeit challenging problem since the tails of the underlying probability distributions are usually non-Gaussian and governed by saddlepoints of the corresponding path integrals, so-called “instantons”.