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Gradient bound for the Markov semigroup generated by the solution to an Langevin SDE

Let $h\in C^2(\mathbb R)$ with $$h''\ge\rho\tag1$$ for some $\rho>0$ and $$\int\underbrace{e^{-h}}_{=:\:\varrho}\:{\rm d}\lambda=1$$ $\mu$ be the measure with density $\varrho$ with respect to the ...
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Lyapunov-type function in a non locally-compact space and boundedness of the average

Set-up and question. Let $\mathcal{X}$ be a complete separable metric space which is not locally-compact. Let $V: \mathcal{X} \to [0; +\infty]$ be a function and $(X_t)_{t\geq 0}$ a Markov process in $...
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Spectral gap for the Brownian motion with drift on a compact manifold

Let $M$ be a compact Riemannian manifold without boundary, $X$ a smooth vector field on $M$. Consider the Brownian motion $t\mapsto B_t$ on $M$ with drift $X$, so that its generator is $L=\Delta +X$. ...
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Properties of Cameron Martin Space

In the case that I'm working with a separable Hilbert space, $H$, on which I have a trace class operator, $K$, that's coming from a Gaussian (i.e., $K$ is self-adjoint, and for simplicity, has trivial ...
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criterions for polar set of Feller processes

Suppose $X_t$ is the solution to $$ d X_t=b(X_t)dt+dL_t,\quad X_0=x. $$ where $L$ is a rotational symmetric $\alpha-$stable process with $\alpha\in (0,1]$, $b$ is Lipchitz. Assume $\Gamma\subseteq ...
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Stochastic Approximation in Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space

Consider an iterative algorithm with incremental updates \begin{align} x_{t+1} = x_t + \alpha_t \cdot [ h(x_t) + M_{t+1}], \end{align} where $\{x_t \}_{t \geq 0}$ is in a reproducing kernel Hilbert ...
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Convergence and boundedness in $L^\infty([0,T]\times \Omega)$ of Karhunen-Loeve expansion

Let $X:[0,T]\times\Omega\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ be a stochastic process in $L^2([0,T]\times\Omega)$. Consider the Karhunen-Loeve expansion of $X$: $$ X(t,\omega)=\mu_X(t)+\sum_{n=1}^\infty \sqrt{\nu_n}\...
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Weak convergence for discrete-time processes using characteristic functions

I am looking for a good reference about the analogues of the Bochner Theorem and the Lévy Continuity Theorem for probability measures on $\mathbb{R}^{\mathbb{N}}$ with the product topology. ...
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Donsker's Theorem for triangular arrays

I should mention that I already posed this question on Math Stack Exchange, but didn't receive much feedback. Assume we have a sequence of smooth i.i.d. random variables $(X_i)_{i=1}^{\infty}$. Given ...
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Linear evolution equation $u'(t)=A(t,\omega)u(t)$ with time-dependent random operator

I have had some previous knowledge on evolution equations in a Banach space of the form $$u'(t)=Au(t),$$ where $A$ generates some strongly continuous operator semigroup. Now I am looking at a problem ...
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Perscribed/Inverting Conditional Expectation

I'm having difficulty finding papers which deal with the following inversion problem. Suppose I have a stochastic process $Y_t$ (which is described by a certain Hilbert-Space-valued SDE). I want to ...
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Definition of the Stratonovich integral in Hilbert spaces

Let $T>0$ $(\Omega,\mathcal A,\operatorname P)$ be a probability space $\mathcal F=(\mathcal F_t)_{t\in[0,\:T]}$ be a filtration on $(\Omega,\mathcal A,\operatorname P)$ $B$ be a (standard, real-...
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Support of a Measure with Characteristic Functional Continuous in $L_p$, $1\leq p <2$?

Let $\mathcal{S}(\mathbb{R})$ be the space of smooth and rapidly decaying functions and $\mathcal{S}'(\mathbb{R})$ its dual, the space of tempered distributions. Let $\mathscr{P}$ be a probability ...
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Does there exist a stochastic time derivative?

The Setup Suppose I have a stochastic process $f(Z_t)$ where $Z_t$ solve the $d$-dimensional SDE $$ dZ_t = \mu(t,Z_t)dt + \sigma(t,Z_t)dW_t $$ and $f$ is a smooth function. My Question Is there a ...
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Hadamard product (Schur product) in $L^2[0,1]$

Let's consider the separable Hilbert space $\mathcal{H} = L^2[0,1]$ of square-integrable functions on the interval $[0,1]$ with orthonormal basis $(e_j)$. For $x,y \in \mathcal{H}$, the Hadamard ...
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Question about continuity in the "complete Skorohod Topology"?

I am reading the book in progress of Timo Seppäläinen about the "Translation Invariant Exclusion Process" https://www.math.wisc.edu/~seppalai/excl-book/ajo.pdf In one of the exercises, exercise 8.9 ...
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Must rows of a transition matrix be distinct?

Is it true that for all continuous time Markov processes on a countable state space $S$, we have all rows of the transition matrix $\mathbf{P}_t$ are distinct for all time $t\in[0,\infty)$ ? This ...
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Laplace transform of a integral function of CIR/CEV process

The Cox–Ingersoll–Ross model (or CIR model) describes the evolution of interest rates. Constant elasticity of variance model (CEV) is a stochastic volatility model, which attempts to capture ...
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Comparison of Parameter estimation using maximum likelihood and Maximum entropy

I am not sure if the question is appropriate but I want to try my luck. One can estimate a parameter using maximum likelihood and we know it is optimal. On the other hand there are methods which uses ...
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Is there any parameter space of Cramér–Rao_bound

It is known that Cramér–Rao_bound is the lower bound of variance of a parameter. A useful link is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cram%C3%A9r%E2%80%93Rao_bound There is also a term called '...
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Question about uniform continuity under Skorokhod Metric

Let $D=D([0,1], \mathbb{R})$ be the space of cadlag functions $x$ with $x(0)=0$ and $x$ is continuous on $1$. If we endow $D$ with Skorokhod Metric, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A0dl%C3%A0g ...
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$L^\infty$ properties of an infinite-dimensional Gaussian semigroup

Let $W$ be a separable Banach space and $\mu$ a Gaussian Borel measure on $W$ which is centered and non-degenerate. For $F : W \to \mathbb{R}$ bounded Borel and $t \ge 0$, let $$P_t F(x) = \int_W F(x+...
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Equivalence of two non-degenerate Gaussian measures on Banach space

The motivation of this question is to show that two probabilities on $C_{0}^{n}(0,1)$ (the space of continuous $\mathbb R^{n}$ valued process on $[0,1]$ starting from zero) induced by two non-...
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Defining density of a random function using Radon-Nikodym Theorem

Let $(\Omega,\mathbb{F},P)$ be a probability space and $E$ be an infinite dimensional Banach space and $\mathbb{B}$ be the $\sigma$-algebra of Borel subset of $E$. Let $X$ be random function defined ...
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Regularity of finite variation kernels in the (intersection) of the semimartingale spaces $H^p$

Suppose you have a continuous semimartingale $S_t=M_t + A_t$ where $A_t$ is the continuous finite variation part which has the form $A_t = \int_0^t b_s \, \mathrm{d} s$, where $\int_0^{\infty} |b_s| \,...
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Can't figure out "standard application" of the Garsia-Rodemich-Rumsey Lemma

I'm currently reading the paper http://arxiv.org/abs/0908.2473 and can't figure out what they call a "standard application" of the Garsia-Rodemich-Rumsey lemma (see p.8). Summed up, they have a ...
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Markov operators and existence of ergodic measures

My question refers to the yesterday's question (see here) of John Learner and goes as follows: Can we deduce the existence of an ergodic measure if we know that an invariant measure exists, but the ...
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How fast is discrete-time diffusion on a continuous set?

This question is inspired by Joseph O'Rourke's beautiful answer to my previous question. Let $\mathbb{S}^{d\times n}$ denote the set of real $d\times n$ matrices whose columns have unit norm and sum ...
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Do there exist (almost surely) $C^{\infty}$-smooth Gaussian random fields?

Let $d \ge 1$. Do there exist Gaussian random fields on $\mathbb R^d$ which are (almost surely) $C^{\infty}$-smooth, but which are not analytic? If so, what are necessary and sufficient conditions ...
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Choice of predictable (or jointly measurable) eigenvalues and eigenvectors of nuclear-operator-valued stochastic process

Let $q^{ij}$, $i,j\in\mathbb{N}$, be predictable real-valued stochastic processes. Let $(e^i)$, $i\in\mathbb{N}$ be an ONB of a separable Hilbert space $H$. Assume that $Q=\sum_{i,j=1}^\infty q^{ij}...
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Does infinite-dimensional Brownian motion live in hyperplanes?

I'll begin this question with the finite-dimensional case, as a warmup. Let me say a continuous path $\omega : [0,1] \to \mathbb{R}^d$ is hyperplanar if there exists a nonzero $x \in \mathbb{R}^d$ ...
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Existance of certain almost invariant functions related to amenability and piece-wise transformations

We would like very much to know the answer to the following question: Let $\|\cdot\|$ be any norm on $\mathbb{Z}^d$ and let $W(\mathbb{Z}^d)$ be the group of all bijections of $\mathbb{Z}^d$ such ...
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The spectrum of a Markov Operator and Invariant Measures

Suppose I have a discrete-time Markov Chain (in an infinite dimensional state space $\Omega$) with Markov operator $P$, a linear operator on the space of bounded measurable functions on $\Omega$. (Or ...
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Random walk origin return monotinicity

Consider a Markov chain on $\mathbb{Z}^d$ with transition kernel $P$ for adjacent vertices (non-diagonal). Essentially this is a $d$ dimensional random walk with the probability of a transition ...
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Does generator of continuous time random walk map heat kernel from L^2 to L^2?

Let $\Gamma = (G,E)$ be an undirected, infinite, connected graph with no multiple edges or loops. We equip $\Gamma$ with a set of edge weights $\pi_{xy}$, where, given $e=\{x,y\}\in E$, we write $\...

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