On unbiased stochastic Navier-Stokes equations (Q1934365)

The authors consider the deterministic Navier-Stokes equation with random perturbations. The nonlinearity is governed by the Wick product, which can be considered as the approximation of highest stochastic order of the original nonlinear term defined via the ordinary product. In order to obtain an explicit form of the solution, the authors use the Wiener-Itō chaos expansion method also known as the propagator method. Solutions are thus obtained in form of a formal series expansion which does not converge in mean square but does converge in a weaker topology obtained by rescaling the coefficients of the formal expansion by appropriate weight factors in form of the Catalan numbers. The unbiasedness of the solution is reflected in the fact that the expectation of the solution solves the deterministic Navier-Stokes equation.