In this book we analyze the error caused by numerical schemes for the approximation of semilinear stochastic evolution equations (SEEq) in a Hilbert space-valued setting. The numerical schemes considered combine Galerkin finite element methods with Euler-type temporal approximations. Starting from a precise analysis of the spatio-temporal regularity of the mild solution to the SEEq, we derive and prove optimal error estimates of the strong error of convergence in the first part of the book.
Introduction.- Stochastic Evolution Equations in Hilbert Spaces.- Optimal Strong Error Estimates for Galerkin Finite Element Methods.- A Short Review of the Malliavin Calculus in Hilbert Spaces.- A Malliavin Calculus Approach to Weak Convergence.- Numerical Experiments.- Some Useful Variations of Gronwall's Lemma.- Results on Semigroups and their Infinitesimal Generators.- A Generalized Version of Lebesgue's Theorem.- References.- Index.