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I would like to know more about the two-dimensional processes derived from Brownian motion by the following stochastic differential equation (in the Ito sense)

$$dX_t = f(X_t) dt + \mathcal{R}(f(X_t)) dB_t$$

where

• $X_t$ is the two-dimensional stochastic process
• $f$ is a smooth vector field
• $\mathcal{R}$ is the linear map which rotates a vector through a quarter turn
• $B_t$ is a standard one-dimensional Brownian motion

So $X_t$ follows the field lines of $f$ apart from a lateral "shake" whose intensity is proportional to the strength of the field $f$ at $X_t$.

In particular I am curious about what is known when $f$ is irrotational (equivalently $f = \nabla g$ for some real-valued field $g$). In this case, can the trajectory of $X_t$ self intersect?

References to further properties of this process would also be appreciated.

I would like to know more about the two-dimensional processes derived from Brownian motion by the following stochastic differential equation (in the Ito sense)

$$dX_t = f(X_t) dt + \mathcal{R}(f(X_t)) dB_t$$

where

• $X_t$ is the two-dimensional stochastic process
• $f$ is a smooth vector field
• $\mathcal{R}$ is the linear map which rotates a vector through a quarter turn
• $B_t$ is a standard one-dimensional Brownian motion

So $X_t$ follows the field lines of $f$ apart from a lateral "shake" whose intensity is proportional to the strength of the field $f$ at $X_t$.

In particular I am curious about what is known when $f$ is conservative (i.e. $f = \nabla g$ for some real-valued field $g$). In this case, can the trajectory of $X_t$ self intersect?

References to further properties of this process would also be appreciated.

I would like to know more about the two-dimensional processes derived from Brownian motion by the following stochastic differential equation

$$dX_t = f(X_t) dt + \mathcal{R}(f(X_t)) dB_t$$

where

• $X_t$ is the two-dimensional stochastic process
• $f$ is a smooth vector field
• $\mathcal{R}$ is the linear map which rotates a vector through a quarter turn
• $B_t$ is a standard one-dimensional Brownian motion

So $X_t$ follows the field lines of $f$ apart from a lateral "shake" whose intensity is proportional to the strength of the field $f$ at $X_t$.

In particular I am curious about what is known when $f$ is irrotational (equivalently $f = \nabla g$ for some real-valued field $g$). In this case, can the trajectory of $X_t$ self intersect?

References to further properties of this process would also be appreciated.

I would like to know more about the two-dimensional processes derived from Brownian motion by the following stochastic differential equation (in the Ito sense)

$$dX_t = f(X_t) dt + \mathcal{R}(f(X_t)) dB_t$$

where

• $X_t$ is the two-dimensional stochastic process
• $f$ is a smooth vector field
• $\mathcal{R}$ is the linear map which rotates a vector through a quarter turn
• $B_t$ is a standard one-dimensional Brownian motion

So $X_t$ follows the field lines of $f$ apart from a lateral "shake" whose intensity is proportional to the strength of the field $f$ at $X_t$.

In particular I am curious about what is known when $f$ is irrotational (equivalently $f = \nabla g$ for some real-valued field $g$). In this case, can the trajectory of $X_t$ self intersect?

References to further properties of this process would also be appreciated.

I would like to know more about the two-dimensional processes derived from Brownian motion by the following stochastic differential equation

$$dX_t = f(X_t) dt + \mathcal{R}(f(X_t)) dB_t$$

where

• $X_t$ is the two-dimensional stochastic process
• $f$ is a smooth vector field
• $\mathcal{R}$ is the linear map which rotates a vector through a quarter turn
• $B_t$ is a standard one-dimensional Brownian motion

So $X_t$ follows the field lines of $f$ apart from a lateral "shake" whose intensity is proportional to the strength of the field $f$ at $X_t$.

In particular I am curious about what is known when $f$ is irrotational (equivalently $\nabla \times f = 0$ or $f = \nabla g$ for some real-valued field $g$). In this case, can the trajectory of $X_t$ self intersect?

References to further properties of this process would also be appreciated.

I would like to know more about the two-dimensional processes derived from Brownian motion by the following stochastic differential equation

$$dX_t = f(X_t) dt + \mathcal{R}(f(X_t)) dB_t$$

where

• $X_t$ is the two-dimensional stochastic process
• $f$ is a smooth vector field
• $\mathcal{R}$ is the linear map which rotates a vector through a quarter turn
• $B_t$ is a standard one-dimensional Brownian motion

So $X_t$ follows the field lines of $f$ apart from a lateral "shake" whose intensity is proportional to the strength of the field $f$ at $X_t$.

In particular I am curious about what is known when $f$ is irrotational (equivalently $f = \nabla g$ for some real-valued field $g$). In this case, can the trajectory of $X_t$ self intersect?

References to further properties of this process would also be appreciated.