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We investigate the evolution of the probability distribution function in time for some wave and Maxwell equations in random media for which the parameters, e.g. permeability, permittivity, fluctuate randomly in space; more precisely, two different media interface randomly in space. We numerically compute the probability distribution and density for output solutions. The underlying numerical and statistical techniques are the so-called polynomial chaos Galerkin projection, which has been extensively used for simulating partial differential equations with uncertainties, and the Monte Carlo simulations.
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Jung, CY. Evolution of Probability Distribution in Time for Solutions of Hyperbolic Equations. J Sci Comput 41, 13–48 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10915-009-9284-2
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