Questions tagged [stochastic-calculus]
Stochastic calculus provides a consistent theory of integration for stochastic processes and is used to model random systems. Its applications range from statistical physics to quantitative finance.
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Strong blow up limits for SDE
Note: This is a strengthening of the following result, motivated by the need for strong convergence in applications.
Let $W$ be a one dimensional standard Brownian motion, and let $X$ be the solution ...
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Eigenvalues/eigenfunctions of a diffusion generator
Consider the following symmetric second order diffusion operator, defined, for $\phi \in \mathcal{C}^{2,1}_c\left(\mathbb{R}\times \mathbb{R}_+\right)$, by:
$$L\phi := \lambda_1 \partial_{R_1}(R_1 \...
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Does the entropy of a SDE with nondegenerate noise always increase?
Let $W$ be a standard Brownian motion, and let $X$ be the solution to the one dimensional SDE
$$dX_t = \sigma(t, X_t) \, dW_t$$
with initial condition $X_0 = x_0$ a.s. for some $x_0 \in \mathbb R$. We ...
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Convergence of the quadratic variation process
Suppose we are given a sequence of stochastic processes $X^n, n\in\mathbb{N},$ with finite quadratic variations and a stochastic process $X$ such that for every $t\geq0$
$$
\lim_{n\to\infty}\mathbb{E}(...
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Reference request: Gaussian estimates for SDE with discontinuous diffusion coefficient
Let $b:\mathbb R_+ \times \mathbb R^d \to \mathbb R^d$ and $\sigma:\mathbb R_+ \times \mathbb R^d \to \mathcal M_{d \times d}^{\text{sym}} (\mathbb R)$ be bounded measurable where $\sigma$ is ...
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Calculation of the difference of two Brownian bridges
I was told that the difference of two independent brownian bridge process is $\sqrt{2}$ times a brownian bridge process, i.e.,
$$B_{1t} - B_{2t} = \sqrt{2}B_t$$
where $B_{1t}$ and $B_{2t}$ are ...
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A notion of SDE via the martingale representation theorem
$\newcommand{\d}{\mathrm{d}}$It is well-known that differentiating stochastic processes with respect to time is usually impossible in the usual sense. For instance, a Brownian motion $W$ on a ...
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On a real smooth version of white noise distribution theory
In white noise analysis, one starts with a real Gelfand triple $\mathcal{N}\subset \mathcal{H} \subset \mathcal{N}^{*}$ and produces out of it, using complexifications along the way, the complex ...
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Local martingale with increasing process
Here is a problem in stochastic calculus:
If $M_t$ is a continuous process and $A$ an increasing process, then $M$ is a local martingale with increasing process $A$ if and only if, for every $f\in C^2$...
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Modulus of "set"-continuity for Wiener Field
My question concerns some "set-wise" continuity properties of Gaussian random fields, more specifically of Wiener fields (see definition here: https://encyclopediaofmath.org/wiki/...
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When is the probability measure on the "direct product" via the Kolmogorov extension theorem supported on the "direct sum"?
Let me restrict to the case of Hilbert spaces, which seem simplest.
Let $\{H_n\}$ be a sequence of (possibly infinite dimensional) Hilbert spaces and $\{ \mu_n \}$ be a sequence of Borel probability ...
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Interacting particle system: how are the particles independent conditionally to the knowledge of their initial positions?
$\newcommand{\Ex}{\mathbb E}\newcommand{\diff}{\ \mathrm d}$Let
$(\Omega, \mathcal F, \mathbb P)$ be a probability space.
$B=(B^1, \ldots, B^N)$ independent one-dimensional Brownian motions.
$X=(X_0^...
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Ito lemma for SDEs on a Lie group
I'm trying to generalize the theorem described in this paper https://arxiv.org/abs/2001.01098 to the case of a semisimple compact matrix Lie group.
In doing so i'm trying to define a formula ...
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Converse Cameron-Martin theorem for shifts by adapted processes
Let $W$ be a standard one dimensional Brownian motion, $\mathcal F_t$ its natural filtration, and $\mathbb P$ be the induced Wiener measure on $\Omega := C[0, 1]$.
Given a $C[0, 1] $ valued random ...
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Are there any known results on the probability distributions of perpetuities with power law discount rates?
Currently I am working on studying stochastic integrals of the form: $$Z_\infty = \int_0^\infty e^{-f(t)}\mathop{d}S_t$$
where $S_t$ is a Compound-Poisson process with Exponentially-distributed ...
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Convergence in sup norm of elementary integrals to the Itô integral process
Let $W$ be a standard one dimensional Brownian motion, and $X$ a continuous process adapted to $W$ such that $\int_0^T X^2 \, ds < \infty$ almost surely for some $T > 0$.
Define for any sequence ...
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Finite number of ergodic random Dirac measures
Let $\Omega$ be a Polish locally compact space and $(\Omega, \mathscr{F}, \mathbb{P})$ be a probability space. Consider a measurable map
\begin{align*}
\theta\colon T\times \Omega &\to \Omega\\
(t,...
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Measurability of a stochastic integral
Let $p(r,x):=(4 \pi r)^{-1/2}e^{-\frac{|x|^2}{4r}},r>0,x \in \mathbb{R}.$
Let $\mathcal{P}$ be the predictable $\sigma$-algebra (on $\mathbb{R}_+ \times \Omega$ generated by $\{0\}\times F_0$ and $]...
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How to obtain this differential relation about moments of a stochastic process?
$\newcommand{\Ex}{\mathbb E}$ I'm reading an argument in the proof of Proposition 3.8. in the paper Nonlinear self-stabilizing processes - I Existence, invariant probability, propagation of chaos.
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How is the Gronwall lemma used in this paper?
Let $(X_t, t \ge 0)$ be a $\mathbb R^d$-valued stochastic process. Let $\lambda>0$. Assume we have $\mathbb E [|X_0|^2] < \infty$ and
$$
\mathbb E [|X_t|^2] - \mathbb E [|X_0|^2] \le -2 \lambda \...
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KL Divergence between the solution to two SDEs
What is the KL divergence between the laws of solutions to SDEs? That is, let
\begin{align*}
dX^1&=b_1(X^1,t) \, dt+\sigma(X^1,t) \, dB\\
dX^2&=b_2(X^2,t) \, dt+\sigma(X^2,t) \, dB
\end{align*}...
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Asymptotic expansion on the following integral of exponential function
I wish to obtain the asymptotic for the following integral
$$
\int_{r: \|r\|\le 1} \exp(M\cdot a^Tr) \, dr,
$$
where $a$ is a given vector in $\mathbb{R}^d$, $\|\cdot\|$ is a general norm function and ...
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Reference request: $d X_t = b(X_t) d t + f (p_t(X_t)) d W_t$ where $p_t$ is the p.d.f. of $X_t$
Let $b:\mathbb R^d \to \mathbb R^d$ and $\sigma:\mathbb R^d \to \mathcal M_{ d\times q} (\mathbb R)$ be Lipschitz. Let $(W_t, t\ge 0)$ be the standard $q$-dimensional Brownian motion. Then
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d X_t = ...
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The space of linear operators between Hilbert spaces has martingale type 2
I am trying to prove whether the space $L(H,K)$ has martingale type 2 for Hilbert spaces $H,K$. It is known that Hilbert spaces have martingale type 2, so I was wondering whether the space of bounded ...
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Reference request for a Riemannian Fokker-Planck equation
The original post is in StackExchange but no one has answered it yet. I personally think it is more related to the research area so I put it in MathOverflow. Below is the question in the original post:...
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Small noise limits with irregular drift
Let $W$ be a standard $d$-dimensional Brownian motion.
Suppose $b: \mathbb R^d \to \mathbb R^d$ is measurable and bounded. Consider, for every $\varepsilon > 0$, the solution $X^\varepsilon$ on $[0,...
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How is $\mathbb E[ \int_0^T H_s^2 \mathrm d s] < \infty$ important for this claim?
Let $(\Omega, \mathcal F, \mathbb P)$ be a probability space. Let $H=(H_t, t\ge 0)$ be a stochastic process with continuous trajectories. Fix $T>0$. For $n \ge 1$, we define
$$
H_{s,n} := \sum_{i=1}...
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Stability of SDE fBM
Consider an n-dimensional Ito process
$$
X_t^x = x + \int_0^t\, \alpha(s)ds + \int_0^t\,\beta(s)\,dB^H(s),
$$
where $1/3<H<1$ is the Hurst parameter for an $n$-dimensional fractional Brownian ...
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Brownian bridges as conditioning
Brownian bridges are interpreted as Brownian motions conditioned to start and end at given points. However, I have not seen a source that makes this precise, though this may be due to my own lack of ...
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Lévy measure and jump behaviour of the corresponding Lévy process
Let $(X_t)_{t \ge 0}$ be a Lévy process on $\mathbb R$ with Lévy measure $\nu$.
Define the jump counting measure $N(t, A) = \lvert\{s \in [0, t] \mathrel: \Delta X_s \in A\}\rvert$
where $\Delta X_s$ ...
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Predictability of the mild solution of a SPDE
Consider the following theorem (picture below) taken from Pardoux's lecture notes: Stochastic partial differential equations available at scholar google: https://scholar.google.ca/scholar?q=etienne+...
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Multiple Wiener integral as Witt polynomial of Brownian motion
I know that if i have a Brownian motion $W_t$ the multiple Wiener integral
$\int_0^t \int_0^{\xi_1}...\int_0^{\xi_n} dW_{\xi_1}...dW_{\xi_n}$
can be expressed as $H_n(\int_0^t dW_s)$ where $H_n$ is ...
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Recursive formula for approximate multiple Wiener integrals
Given $m$ $d$-dimensional Brownian motion and a multi-index $(j_1,...,j_l)$ with $j_i \in \{0,1,...,m\}$ we can define the multiple Stratonovich integral
$\int_0^t \circ dW_{s_1}^{j_1}...\int_0^{s_{l-...
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Blow up limits for SDE
Let $W$ be a one dimensional standard Brownian motion, and let $X$ be the solution to the SDE
$$dX_t = \sigma(X_t) \, dW_t \, , \, X_0 = 0$$
with $\sigma: \mathbb R \to \mathbb R$ Lipschitz continuous....
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Convert a discrete stochastic process with non-normal noise to continuous stochastic process
Suppose I have a discrete stochastic process, in the form of
$$x_{t+1} = x_t + \varepsilon_t$$
where $\varepsilon_t$ is the random noise. The caveat is by examining the existing data, $\varepsilon_t$ ...
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Distribution of "occupation times" of Brownian Motion
Let $B_t(\omega)$ be a standard Brownian motion and let $A\in\mathcal{B}(\mathbb R)$ be a Borel set.
I would like to find the distribution of $$Y_A(\omega):=\lambda(\{t\in[0,1]:B_t(\omega)\in A\})=\...
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Stochastic integral with non-anticipating integrand
Let $B$ be a Brownian motion. We want to define $$ \int_{0}^{t} B_{s} dB_{s} : = \lim_{n \to \infty } \sum_{k = 1}^{2^{n}t} B_{\frac{k-1}{2^{n}}}[ B_{\frac{k}{2^{n}}} - B_{\frac{k-1}{2^{n}}}]. $$
To ...
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Exponential of supremum of Brownian bridge on short time frame
For each $T > 0$, let $B^T$ be a Brownian bridge on $[0, T]$, conditioned to start and end at $0$.
Question: Is it true that $\mathbb E[|\text{exp}\, (\sup_{0 \leq t \leq T} B^T_t) - 1|] \to 0$ as $...
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Distribution of zeros and angles of a function with additive coloured noise
Let us consider some real-variable function
$$
f(t) = f_0(t) + \xi(t),
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where $f_0$ - some "regular" (a continuously differentiable function without any noise [one can consider $f_0 = \...
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Expectation of stochastic integral
Let us consider a diffusion process defined as $dX_t = g(X_t,t) \, dt + \sigma \, dW_t$ which induces a path measure $Q$ in the time interval $[0,T]$.
Is the following expectation
$$ \left\langle \int^...
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Lipschitzness of conditional law of a stochastic filtering problem wrt the Wasserstein distance
Let $(X_t)_{t\ge 0}$ and $(Y_t)_{t\ge 0}$ be a pair of stochastic processes taking values in $\mathbb{R}^n$ and in $\mathbb{R}^m$; defined on a filtered probability spaces $(\Omega,\mathcal{F},(\...
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Joint distribution of drawdown time and value of geometric Brownian motion
Let $X$ be a geometric Brownian motion, satisfying the SDE
$$dX_t = \sigma X_t \, dW_t, X_0 = 1.$$
for $W$ a standard one dimensional Brownian motion, and $\sigma > 0$ a constant.
Define the ...
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Upper left Dini derivative of Brownian motion at a hitting time
Let $W$ be a standard Brownian motion. Define the upper left Dini derivative $D^-W$ by
$$D^-W_t := \limsup_{h \to 0^-} \frac{W_{t+h} - W_t}{h}.$$
Fix $a > 0$, and define the stopping time $\tau$ by
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Martingale representation theorem up to a stopping time
Let $W$ be a standard one dimensional Brownian motion, and let $\mathcal F_t$ be its completed natural filtration.
Let $\tau$ be an $\mathcal F_t$ stopping time with $\tau < T$ almost surely for ...
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Full version of Cameron Martin theorem for Brownian motion
I’m looking for a version of the Cameron Martin theorem for the Brownian motion under random shifts. Here is the precise statement:
Let $\mathbb P$ be Wiener measure on $\Omega := C[0, 1]$. Given a $C[...
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A double sum with complex numbers having stochastic variables
I am very confused by a sum I have been trying to solve analytically/ numerically for a long time. It comes from the idea of a physical problem where the observation is made that has a combined ...
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Converse of Itô's formula
Let $f,h,g$ be continuous functions and $B$ a real Brownian motion. We suppose that a.s. $$\forall u \in \mathbb{R}_+,f(B_u)=f(B_0)+\int_0^ug(B_r)dB_r+\frac{1}{2}\int_0^uh(B_r)dr.$$
Prove that $f$ is ...
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Elworthy’s 1982 “Stochastic Differential Equations on Manifolds” - relevant?
In 1982, D. Elworthy published “Stochastic Differential Equations on Manifolds”. Apparently, this was quite a seminal book in the field of stochastic DE’s/processes on manifolds. Is this reference ...
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Is it possible to sum this analytically in any way?
The sum I am looking for is the following sum as $M \to \infty$:
$$ L(\omega) = \sum_{m = 1}^{M} \frac{\sin\left( N \frac{\omega_m - \omega}{2} \right)}{\sin\left( \frac{\omega_m - \omega}{2} \...
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Reference for representation of heat equation with Neumann boundary condition on smooth domain using reflected Brownian motion
We know that the solution of the heat equation $\partial_tu=\frac 12\Delta u$ with Dirichlet boundary condition $u\rvert_{\partial\Omega}=g$ is $u(t,x)=\mathbb{E}[g(B_\tau)\mid B_t=x]$, with $\tau$ ...
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