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Self-adjointness of generator and semigroup of an SDE
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Conditional Expectation in Diffusion Process
Consider a $d$-dimensional diffusion process $\mathbf{X}=(\mathbf{X}_t)_{t\in [0,T]}=([X^1_t,...,X^d_t])_{t\in [0,T]}$ that is the unique strong solution of the following SDE:
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Why is $\mathbb R^{\mathbb N}$ not high-dimensional enough?
In this paper [1], the authors consider the limiting distribution of $$S_{n,p}:=\frac{1}{\sqrt n}\sum_{k=1}^nX_k$$ for $p\rightarrow\infty$ as $n\rightarrow\infty$, where $X_1, X_2,\dots, X_n$ are ...
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Upper bound on the Levy-Prokhorov distance between the distributions of continuous Gaussian processes in terms of their covariances
Denote by $d$ the supremum metric on the space $C[0,T]$ of continuous real-valued functions on $[0,T]$:
$$
d(f,g) = \sup_{t \in [0,T]} |f(t)-g(t)|.
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Let $\rho$ be the Levy-Prokhorov metric on the ...
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(Lattice approximation) Does UV stability lead to continuum limit of a subsequence?
In the context of lattice approximation, the term "UV stability" seems to be used frequently. To me, it seems like
Uniform boundedness of the partition function in the limit where lattice ...
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Semigroup property in SPDEs
In fact, we know that a bounded linear operators on a Banach space $X$ satisfies the semigroup property, i.e. $$S(t+s)=S(t)S(s), \text{for every}\ t,s\geq 0.$$
However, in various literatures, I ...
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Book recommendation in functional analysis and probability
I am interested by functional analysis and probability. I would like to know if you have any books that deal with these two subjects (at a graduate level) to recommend?
I'm looking for a book that has ...
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Holder-Besov space and time continuity
Let $\mathbb{T}^d$ be the $d$-dimensional torus, $\mathscr{S}:=C^\infty(\mathbb{T}^d)$ the Schwartz space, $\mathscr{S}'$ the space of tempered distributions.
We consider a dyadic partition of unity $(...
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Smoothness of resolvent of the infinitesimal generator of an Ito diffusion acting on bounded continuous function
Let $dX_t=\sigma(X_t)\,dW_t+\mu(X_t)\,dt$ be an Ito diffusion with Lipschitz coefficients and $\sigma(x)>0$. Let $f(x)$ be a continuous and bounded and non decreasing function. Can we prove that ...
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References for a class of Banach space-valued Gaussian processes
Let $E$ be a separable Banach space, consider a centered $E$-valued Gaussian process $\{x_t,t\ge 0\}$ that satisfies
\begin{equation}
\mathbb{E}\phi(x_s)\psi(x_t)=R(s,t)K(\phi,\psi),\quad \phi,\psi\in ...
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Measurable Extension
Let $(\Omega, \mathcal{F})$ be a measurable space and $X$ some metric space (probably Polish) with the Borel $\sigma$-algebra and a function $f: \Omega \times X \to \mathbb{R}$. Usually, functions ...
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Stochastic analysis on nuclear Fréchet spaces
This is a reference request question, so to make it clear what I am after, I will give a quick outline of the area I am thinking in and some questions that arise.
A lot of the time in infinite-...
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If the operators $B_i'$ satisfy an inequality, prove that $B_1'+\dotsb+ B_n'$ also satisfies the same inequality
Related: On a deceptively tricky calculus problem.
The way that Leonard Gross proves the log Sobolev inequality is in the following stages:
He proves that for any operator $B$ that satisfies the log ...
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On calculating the second quantization operator $\Gamma(A)$ of the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck operator $A$
Let $A$ be a self-adjoint operator on a Hilbert space , and let $d\Gamma(A)$ be the generator of the second quantization of $A$. Consider the following theorem from Segal's "Non-Linear Quantum ...
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Find a function $f\geq 0$ such that $e^{-t[(x-\partial_x)\partial_x]^2} f$ is not non-negative for some $t\geq 0$
Consider the square of the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck operator $$A=[(x-\partial_x)\partial_x]^2=(x-\partial_x)\partial_x (x-\partial_x)\partial_x.$$ We know that $[(x-\partial_x)\partial_x]^2$ cannot be a ...
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Are the paths of the Brownian motion contained in a suitable RKHS?
Let $H_B$ be the reproducing kernel Hilbert space (RKHS) of the Brownian Motion $(B_t)$ on $[0,1]$. It is well known that with probability 1 the paths of $(B_t)$ are not contained in $H_B$.
But is ...
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Continuous-time Wold decomposition
I'm looking for a reference for the Wold–Zasukhin decomposition in continuous time for stationary random processes on the real line.
I am aware of the classic result in the book from Rozanov, which ...
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Algebra core for generator of Dirichlet form
This is a question about the existence of a core $C$ for the generator $A$ of a regular Dirichlet form $\mathcal{E}$ having a carré du champ $\Gamma$, so that $C$ is an algebra with respect to ...
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concentration of random field to its expectation function
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Given a random field $X(t)$ where the parameter space $T\subset\mathbb{R}_N$. Is there result regarding the concentration of the random field? For example
$\mathbb{P}\{\|X(t)-\mathbb{E}\{X(t)\...
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Different measurability of Hilbert-space valued random variable
My question is motivated by this link.
Let $(\Omega,\mathcal{F})$ and $(Y,\mathcal{B})$ be measurable spaces, a measurable map $T:\Omega\to Y$ is called a $Y$-valued random variable.
Now let $H$ be a ...
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On a core for Neumann Laplacian on $C(\overline{D})$
Let $D \subset \mathbb{R}^d$ be a bounded $C^1$ domain. We consider a reflected Brownian motion $X=(\{X_t\}_{t \ge 0},\{P_x\}_{x \in \overline{D}})$ on $\overline{D}$. Let $\{p_t\}_{t>0}$ denote ...
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Is there a way to detect instantaneous states of a Feller Process from its infinitesimal generator?
I’m working with generators of Feller processes. If $C(E)$ is the space of continuous functions over $E$; with $E$ a compact metric space, I proved that an operator $G$ over $C(E)$ is the ...
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Schauder basis of the Hardy space of semi-martingales
Fix $p\in [1,2]$, a filtered probability space $(\Omega,\mathcal{F},(\mathcal{F}_t)_t,\mathbb{P})$, and let $\mathcal{H}_{\mathscr{S}}^p$ denote the space of semimartingales $X$ such that the norm
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Distinction between $\mathcal{C}\left([0,T],\mathcal{P}(\mathcal{X})\right)$ and $\mathcal{P}\left(\mathcal{C}\left([0,T],\mathcal{X}\right)\right)$
Suppose that $\{X^i_t\}_{1\leq i\leq n;\,t\in [0,T]}$ is an interacting particle system prescribed by certain SDEs, with each $X^i \in \mathcal{X}$ (the state space). Define the associated empirical ...
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A "too good to be true" claim about separable processes
I am reading the paper [1]. At page 18, eq 115, it is claimed the following:
Given a separable process $(X_t)_{t\in T}$, we have $\lim_{n\to\infty}\mathbb E[\sup_{t\in T}(X_t-X_{\pi_n(t)})]=0$.
Here ...
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What is the formal definition of a stochastic PDE and a solution to a stochastic PDE?
While searching through this Wikipedia article, I have stumbled uopn the following 'stochastic' heat equation
$$\partial_tu=\Delta u+\xi,$$
where $\xi$ is the space-time white noise. However, I don't ...
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A convergence question in $L^2$ construction of Brownian motion
I feel confused with a particular step in the $L^2$ consturction of Brownian motion.
Let $\{\xi_n \sim N(0,1)\}_{n\geq 1}$ be a sequence of i.i.d Gaussian random variables on some probability space $(\...
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Reverse martingale convergence theorem in Banach spaces
In section 1.5 of a course given by Gilles Pisier, the author is claiming that in the excerpt below $\operatorname E[\varphi_i\mid\mathcal A_{-n}]\to\operatorname E[\varphi_i\mid\mathcal A_{-\infty}]$ ...
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A question on Gaussian small ball probability
Consider the random variable $$ G = \sum_{j=1}^{\infty} \lambda_j Z_j^2 $$
where $Z_j \sim_{\substack{i.i.d}} N(0,1)$ and $\lambda_j$ some non increasing sequence of positive numbers with $\sum_{j=1}^{...
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On a core for Neumann Laplacians
Let $D \subset \mathbb{R}^d$ be a bounded smooth domain. We consider the Neumann semigroup $\{T_t\}_{t>0}$ on $C(\overline{D})$. In other words, $\{T_t\}_{t>0}$ is the semigroup of the normally ...
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Tail bound on the RKHS norm of a zero-mean Gaussian process
Let $f \sim \mathcal{GP}(0, K)$ be a zero-mean Gaussian process defined on a compact set $\mathcal{D} \subset \mathbb{R}^d$, where $K \colon \mathcal{D} \times \mathcal{D} \rightarrow \mathbb{R} $ is ...
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Feynman-Kac formula for the GFF
The Feynman-Kac formula says that $$ \exp(-t(-\Delta+V(X)))(x,y) = \mathbb{E}_{\gamma(0)=x,\gamma(t)=y}\left[\exp(-\int_0^t V\circ\gamma)\right] $$ where $\Delta$ is the Laplacian on $L^2(\mathbb{R}^n)...
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Convergence of discretized process when its predictable part converges to infinite variation process
This question seems to be related to Theorem IX.7.28 in J. Jacod and A. Shiryaev's Limit theorems for stochastic processes (2013), and it is very important to prove asymptotic properties of my ...
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On the continuity of map $\Gamma$
Let $M$ be the space of right continuous functions $\ell: \mathbb R_+\to [0,1]$ that are non increasing s.t. $\ell(0)=0$. Define the map $\Gamma : M\to M$ by $\Gamma[\ell](t):=\mathbb P[\tau^{\ell}>...
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Independence of variables predicted by the generator
Let $X$ be en compact metric set, and denote by $\mathcal{C}(X)$ the set of real continuous functions defined on $X$, endowed with the supremum norm $\|\cdot\|_{\infty}$. Let $\Omega$ be the generator ...
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Perron-Frobenius and Markov chains on countable state space
The following question naturally arises in the theory of Markov chains with countable state space to which I would be curious to know the answer:
Let $A:\ell^1 \rightarrow \ell^1$ be a contraction, i....
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Is a linear combination of Markov generator a Markov generator?
Let $X$ be a compact metric set and $\mathcal{C}(X)$ be the set on continuous real functions over $X$ endowed with the supremum norm $\|\cdot\|_{\infty}$. Let $\Omega_1$ and $\Omega_2$ be two Markov ...
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Constructing the 'idealized white noise' stochastic process
There are some authors, namely H. Holden, B. Øksendal, and J. Ubøe T. Zhang in their book Stochastic Partial Differential Equations. A Modeling, White Noise Functional Approach,
that define idealized ...
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Regularity of law of conditional law of a Markov process equivalent to regularity of its paths
Let $(X_t^x)_{t\in [0,\infty),\,x\in \mathbb{R}^n}$ be a Markov process taking values in $\mathbb{R}^m$ and defined on some stochastic basis $(\Omega,\mathcal{F},(\mathcal{F}_t)_{t\in [0,\infty}), \...
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Infinite-dimensional Gaussian measure vs finite-dimensional Wiener measure
I'm trying to figure out the connections between two contructions of Gaussian measure.
Let $(U, \langle\cdot,\cdot\rangle_U)$ be a seprable Hilbert space, and $\mathcal{B}(U)$ be the Borel sigma-...
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Local inverse bound of Cameron Martin and Banach norms
Let $X$ be a Banach space with a centered Gaussian measure $\mu_0$. Let $E$ be the Cameron-Martin space of $X$. Let the respective norms be $\|\cdot \|_X$ and $\|\cdot \|_E$. It is well known (see ...
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Bochner-Minlos for moment-generating functions?
It is well-known that the Bochner-Minlos theorem characterises measures on duals of nuclear spaces by their characteristic functions. Is there a similar version for moment-generating functions?
I have ...
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Gaussian measures on infinite dimensional spaces
On Zabczyk & Da Prato book about infinite dimensional SDEs they introduce the idea of Gaussian measures in infinite dimensional Banach spaces. They do so by means of Fernique theorem.
In the ...
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Regarding sample continuity of Gaussian Processes
Suppose we have a Gaussian Process $X_t$ on $\mathbb{R}^n$ with mean function $m(t)$ and covariance function $K(t,s)$. Then is $X_t$ being sample continuous (i.e. the sample paths of $X_t$ are almost ...
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Malliavin derivative of stopped Brownian motion
Cross-posted from: "https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/3917971/malliavin-derivative-of-stopped-brownian-motion"
I have a small question concerning the Malliavin derivatives. It could ...
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Poisson summation formula for infinite dimensional spaces
Let $M$ be an orientable, compact smooth manifold with a metric $g$ and $H^{-1}(M)$ be the dual space of $$H^{1}(M)=\{f:\int |f|^2+(\nabla f)^2 d\mu<\infty\}$$
I know it is well known that (see ...
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Concentration inequality for the supremum of $L_2$ norm of a vector-valued Gaussian process with iid components
Let $\Omega$ be a compact subset of $\mathbb R^p$ and let $f_1,\ldots,f_k$ be zero mean identically distrubuted Gaussian processes on $\Omega$ such that $f_1(x),\ldots,f_k(x)$ are independent $x \in \...
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Question/References on the Skorokhod M1 topology
Let $D(0,T)$ be the space of right continuous functions with left limits defined on $[0,T]$. Consider the Skorokhod M1 topology on $D(0,T)$, see e.g. S. Ledger, Skorokhod’s M1 topology for ...
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Uniqueness for measure valued ode
Morning! Basically I'm working on a mean field scaling for some measure valued process (valued on $M_F(\mathbb{N})$). The limit turns up as a (deterministic) solution to a measure valued ODE. Let's ...
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Critical Smoothness on Besov Spaces $B^s_{p}$: how does it evolved with $p$?
We denote by $B_{p}^s(\mathbb{T}) := B_{p,p}^s(\mathbb{T})$ the Besov space over the circle $\mathbb{T}$ with parameters $p=q \in (0, \infty]$ and smoothness $s \in \mathbb{R}$.
For $p>0$ fixed and ...
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