Uniqueness of solutions to quadratic BSDEs. BSDEs with convex generators and unbounded terminal conditions

Size: px
Start display at page:

Download "Uniqueness of solutions to quadratic BSDEs. BSDEs with convex generators and unbounded terminal conditions"

Transcription

1 Recalls and basic resuls on BSDEs Uniqueness resul Links wih PDEs On he uniqueness of soluions o quadraic BSDEs wih convex generaors and unbounded erminal condiions IRMAR, Universié Rennes 1 Châeau de Mons Uniqueness of soluions o quadraic BSDEs

2 Recalls and basic resuls on BSDEs Uniqueness resul Links wih PDEs 1 Recalls and basic resuls on BSDEs Wha is a BSDE? Wha we know abou quadraic BSDEs 2 Uniqueness resul Framework and ools skech of he proof Consrucion of he conrol problem 3 Links wih PDEs Uniqueness of soluions o quadraic BSDEs

3 Definiion Recalls and basic resuls on BSDEs Uniqueness resul Links wih PDEs Wha is a BSDE? Wha we know abou quadraic BSDEs Le (Ω, F, P) be a probabiliy space, (W ) R + be a Brownian moion in R d, (F ) R + be his augmened naural filraion, T be a nonnegaive real number, ξ a real F T -measurable random variable, g : [0, T ] Ω R R 1 d R. Y = ξ g(r, Y r, Z r )dr + Z r dw r, 0 T. (1.1) Uniqueness of soluions o quadraic BSDEs

4 Definiion Recalls and basic resuls on BSDEs Uniqueness resul Links wih PDEs Wha is a BSDE? Wha we know abou quadraic BSDEs Le (Ω, F, P) be a probabiliy space, (W ) R + be a Brownian moion in R d, (F ) R + be his augmened naural filraion, T be a nonnegaive real number, ξ a real F T -measurable random variable, g : [0, T ] Ω R R 1 d R. Y = ξ g(r, Y r, Z r )dr + Z r dw r, 0 T. (1.1) Definiion A soluion o (1.1) is a pair of processes (Y, Z ) 0 T such ha : 1 (Y, Z ) is a predicable process wih values in R R 1 d, 2 P a.s. Y is coninuous and 0 g(r, Y r, Z r ) + Z r 2 dr < 3 (Y, Z ) verifies (1.1). Uniqueness of soluions o quadraic BSDEs

5 Simple example Recalls and basic resuls on BSDEs Uniqueness resul Links wih PDEs Wha is a BSDE? Wha we know abou quadraic BSDEs We ake g = 0. 1 A naural idea is o consider Y := E[ξ F ]. 2 The maringale represenaion heorem gives us Y = E[ξ] + 0 Z sdw s. 3 By a simple calculus we obain Y = ξ Z s dw s. Uniqueness of soluions o quadraic BSDEs

6 Recalls and basic resuls on BSDEs Uniqueness resul Links wih PDEs Exisence and uniciy resuls Wha is a BSDE? Wha we know abou quadraic BSDEs Exisence and uniqueness of BSDEs when g is Lipschiz wih respec o y and z : E. Pardoux e S. Peng (1990). Uniqueness of soluions o quadraic BSDEs

7 Recalls and basic resuls on BSDEs Uniqueness resul Links wih PDEs Exisence and uniciy resuls Wha is a BSDE? Wha we know abou quadraic BSDEs Exisence and uniqueness of BSDEs when g is Lipschiz wih respec o y and z : E. Pardoux e S. Peng (1990). Numerous works weak assumpions on g. Uniqueness of soluions o quadraic BSDEs

8 Recalls and basic resuls on BSDEs Uniqueness resul Links wih PDEs Exisence and uniciy resuls Wha is a BSDE? Wha we know abou quadraic BSDEs Exisence and uniqueness of BSDEs when g is Lipschiz wih respec o y and z : E. Pardoux e S. Peng (1990). Numerous works weak assumpions on g. Exisence and uniqueness of soluions o quadraic BSDEs wih respec o z wih ξ bounded : M. Kobylanski (2000), J.-P. Lepelier e J. San Marín (1998). Uniqueness of soluions o quadraic BSDEs

9 Recalls and basic resuls on BSDEs Uniqueness resul Links wih PDEs Exisence and uniciy resuls Wha is a BSDE? Wha we know abou quadraic BSDEs Exisence and uniqueness of BSDEs when g is Lipschiz wih respec o y and z : E. Pardoux e S. Peng (1990). Numerous works weak assumpions on g. Exisence and uniqueness of soluions o quadraic BSDEs wih respec o z wih ξ bounded : M. Kobylanski (2000), J.-P. Lepelier e J. San Marín (1998). Exisence of soluions o quadraic BSDEs wih ξ unbounded : P. Briand e Y. Hu (2006). Uniqueness of soluions o quadraic BSDEs

10 Recalls and basic resuls on BSDEs Uniqueness resul Links wih PDEs Exisence and uniciy resuls Wha is a BSDE? Wha we know abou quadraic BSDEs Exisence and uniqueness of BSDEs when g is Lipschiz wih respec o y and z : E. Pardoux e S. Peng (1990). Numerous works weak assumpions on g. Exisence and uniqueness of soluions o quadraic BSDEs wih respec o z wih ξ bounded : M. Kobylanski (2000), J.-P. Lepelier e J. San Marín (1998). Exisence of soluions o quadraic BSDEs wih ξ unbounded : P. Briand e Y. Hu (2006). Uniqueness of soluions o quadraic BSDEs wih g a convex funcion wih respec o z and ξ unbounded : P. Briand e Y. Hu (2008). Uniqueness of soluions o quadraic BSDEs

11 framework Recalls and basic resuls on BSDEs Uniqueness resul Links wih PDEs Framework and ools skech of he proof Consrucion of he conrol problem Assumpions : There exis hree consans β 0, γ > 0 and r 0 ogeher wih wo progressively measurable nonnegaive sochasic processes (ᾱ ) 0 T and (α ) 0 T such ha, P-a.s., 1 z g(, y, z) is a convex funcion (, y) [0, T ] R ; 2 (, z) [0, T ] R 1 d, g(, y, z) g(, y, z) β y y, (y, y ) R 2 ; 3 growh condiion : (, y, z) [0, T ] R R 1 d, α r( y + z ) g(, y, z) ᾱ + β y + γ 2 z 2. Uniqueness of soluions o quadraic BSDEs

12 Exisence resul Recalls and basic resuls on BSDEs Uniqueness resul Links wih PDEs Framework and ools skech of he proof Consrucion of he conrol problem Theorem If here exiss p > 1 such ha [ ( (γe βt E exp ξ + )) ( ) p ] T ᾱ d + (ξ + ) p + α d < hen he BSDE (1.1) has a soluion (Y, Z ). Uniqueness of soluions o quadraic BSDEs

13 Recalls and basic resuls on BSDEs Uniqueness resul Links wih PDEs Fenchel-Legendre ransform Framework and ools skech of he proof Consrucion of he conrol problem Since g(, y,.) is a convex funcion, we can define he Fenchel-Legendre ransform of g : f (, y, q) = sup (zq g(, y, z)), [0, T ], q R d, y R. z f is a funcion wih value in R {+ }. Proposiion (, y, y, q) [0, T ] R R R d such ha f (, y, q) < +, f (, y, q) < + e f (, y, z) f (, y, z) β y y. f is a convex funcion wih respec o q, The Fenchel-Legendre ransform of f is g. Uniqueness of soluions o quadraic BSDEs

14 Recalls and basic resuls on BSDEs Uniqueness resul Links wih PDEs Framework and ools skech of he proof Consrucion of he conrol problem skech of he proof for he uniqueness resul Wha happened when g does no depend on y? Y = ξ g(s, Z s )ds + Z s dw s. We have g(s, Z s ) = sup qs (Z s q s f (s, q s )) = Z s q s f (s, q s). Uniqueness of soluions o quadraic BSDEs

15 Recalls and basic resuls on BSDEs Uniqueness resul Links wih PDEs Framework and ools skech of he proof Consrucion of he conrol problem skech of he proof for he uniqueness resul Wha happened when g does no depend on y? Y = ξ g(s, Z s )ds + Z s dw s. We have g(s, Z s ) = sup qs (Z s q s f (s, q s )) = Z s q s f (s, q s). Y = ξ + ξ + f (s, qs)ds + f (s, q s )ds + Z s (dw s q sds) (2.1) Z s (dw s q s ds). (2.2) Uniqueness of soluions o quadraic BSDEs

16 Recalls and basic resuls on BSDEs Uniqueness resul Links wih PDEs Framework and ools skech of he proof Consrucion of he conrol problem skech of he proof for he uniqueness resul Wha happened when g does no depend on y? Y = ξ g(s, Z s )ds + Z s dw s. We have g(s, Z s ) = sup qs (Z s q s f (s, q s )) = Z s q s f (s, q s). Finally, Y = ξ + ξ + Y = ess inf q A EQ f (s, qs)ds + f (s, q s )ds + [ ξ + Z s (dw s q sds) (2.1) Z s (dw s q s ds). (2.2) ] f (s, q s )ds F. Uniqueness of soluions o quadraic BSDEs

17 Quesions Recalls and basic resuls on BSDEs Uniqueness resul Links wih PDEs Framework and ools skech of he proof Consrucion of he conrol problem Are we allowed o apply Girsanov? Which admissible conrol se A could we choice? Wha happened when f depends on y? Uniqueness of soluions o quadraic BSDEs

18 Recalls and basic resuls on BSDEs Uniqueness resul Links wih PDEs Framework and ools skech of he proof Consrucion of he conrol problem Consrucion of he conrol problem (1/4) A := { (q s ) s [0,T ], (M ) [0,T ] is a maringale, E Q [ ξ q s 2 ds < + P a.s., f (s, 0, q s ) ds ( wih M := exp q s dw s ] < +, 0 ) q s 2 ds and dq } dp := M T Uniqueness of soluions o quadraic BSDEs

19 Recalls and basic resuls on BSDEs Uniqueness resul Links wih PDEs Framework and ools skech of he proof Consrucion of he conrol problem Consrucion of he conrol problem (1/4) A := { (q s ) s [0,T ], (M ) [0,T ] is a maringale, E Q [ ξ q s 2 ds < + P a.s., f (s, 0, q s ) ds ( wih M := exp q s dw s 1 2 There exiss a soluion o he BSDE Y q = ξ + wih dw q := dw q d. 0 f (s, Y q s, q s )ds + ] < +, 0 ) q s 2 ds Z q s dw q s, 0 T. Uniqueness of soluions o quadraic BSDEs and dq } dp := M T

20 Recalls and basic resuls on BSDEs Uniqueness resul Links wih PDEs Framework and ools skech of he proof Consrucion of he conrol problem Consrucion of he conrol problem (2/4) We have Y ess inf q A Y q. We mus show ha q A. If T is small enough and if here exis some given exponenial momens for sup 0 T Y + 0 ᾱsds and sup 0 T Y + hen we are able o show ha MT is a maringale. In he general case we divide [0, T ] ino subses. Thus, for N big enough we define i := it N wih i {0,..., N}. Uniqueness of soluions o quadraic BSDEs

21 Recalls and basic resuls on BSDEs Uniqueness resul Links wih PDEs Framework and ools skech of he proof Consrucion of he conrol problem Consrucion of he conrol problem (3/4) A i, i+1 (η) := { (q s ) s [i, i+1 ], i+1 i+1 (M i ) [i, i+1 ] is a maringale, E [ η Qi + wih M i := exp ( i i q s dw s 1 2 There exiss a soluion o he BSDE Y η,q = η + i+1 f (s, Y η,q s, q s )ds + q s 2 ds < + P a.s., i i+1 i q s 2 ds f (s, 0, q s ) ds ) ] < +, } and dqi dp := Mi i+1. Z η,q s dw q s, i i+1. Uniqueness of soluions o quadraic BSDEs

22 Recalls and basic resuls on BSDEs Uniqueness resul Links wih PDEs Framework and ools skech of he proof Consrucion of he conrol problem Consrucion of he conrol problem (4/4) { A := (q s ) s [0,T ], q [N 1,T ] A N 1,T (ξ), ( ) i {N 2,..., 0}, q [i, i+1 ] A i, i+1 Y q i+1 wih Y q i+1 := Y Y q },q [i+1, i+2 i+2 ] i+1 and Y q T := ξ. We can define our cos funcional i {N 1,..., 0}, [ i, i+1 ], Y q := Y Y q,q [i, i+1 i+1 ]. Uniqueness of soluions o quadraic BSDEs

23 Resul Recalls and basic resuls on BSDEs Uniqueness resul Links wih PDEs Framework and ools skech of he proof Consrucion of he conrol problem Theorem We suppose ha here exiss a soluion (Y, Z ) of he BSDE (1.1) verifying p > γ, ε > 0, [ ( ( E exp p sup Y + ᾱ s ds) ) ( )] + exp ε sup Y + < +, 0 T 0 0 T Then we have Y = ess inf q A Y q, and here exiss q A such ha Y = Y q. Moreover, his implies ha he soluion (Y, Z ) is unique among soluions verifying such assumpion. Uniqueness of soluions o quadraic BSDEs

24 Remarks : Recalls and basic resuls on BSDEs Uniqueness resul Links wih PDEs Framework and ools skech of he proof Consrucion of he conrol problem 1 To obain he exisence of a soluion (Y, Z ) ha verifies such assumpion i is sufficien o suppose ha ξ + 0 ᾱd have an exponenial momen of order qe β avec q > γ and ξ α d have an exponenial momen of order ε > 0. 2 When g does no depend on y, we do no have o divide [0, T ]. We have [ ] T Y = ess inf q A 0,T (ξ) EQ ξ + f (s, q s )ds F, [0, T ]. Uniqueness of soluions o quadraic BSDEs

25 Recalls and basic resuls on BSDEs Uniqueness resul Links wih PDEs Link wih PDEs Le us consider he following semi-linear PDE u(, x) + Lu(, x) g(, x, u(, x), σ x u(, x)) = 0, u(t,.) = h, (3.1) wih L is he infiniesimal generaor of he diffusion X,x s = x+ s and he BSDE Y,x = h(x,x T ) b(r, Xr,x )dr+ g(s, X,x s s σ(r)dw r,, Y,x s s T, and X,x s = x, s, (3.2), Zs,x )ds Zs,x dw s, 0 T, (3.3) Uniqueness of soluions o quadraic BSDEs

26 Recalls and basic resuls on BSDEs Uniqueness resul Links wih PDEs Link wih PDEs Le us consider he following semi-linear PDE u(, x) + Lu(, x) g(, x, u(, x), σ x u(, x)) = 0, u(t,.) = h, (3.1) wih L is he infiniesimal generaor of he diffusion X,x s = x+ s and he BSDE Y,x = h(x,x T ) b(r, Xr,x )dr+ g(s, X,x s s σ(r)dw r,, Y,x s s T, and X,x s = x, s, (3.2), Zs,x )ds Zs,x dw s, 0 T, (3.3) The nonlinear Feynman-Kac formula consiss in proving ha he funcion defined by he formula (, x) [0, T ] R d, is a viscosiy soluion o he PDE (3.1). u(, x) := Y,x (3.4) Uniqueness of soluions o quadraic BSDEs

27 Recalls and basic resuls on BSDEs Uniqueness resul Links wih PDEs Exponenial Momens We suppose σ coninuous and b K-Lipschiz in x. We have Lemma [ [ [ 1 λ 0, 2e 2KT σ 2 T, C 0, E sup 0 T e λ X 0,x 0 2 ] Ce C x 0 2. Uniqueness of soluions o quadraic BSDEs

28 Recalls and basic resuls on BSDEs Uniqueness resul Links wih PDEs Assumpions We suppose ha g : [0, T ] R d R R d R and h : R d R are coninuous and ha here exis five consans r 0, β 0, γ 0, α 0 e α 0 such ha : 1 g(, x, y, z) g(, x, y, z) β y y ; 2 z g(, x, y, z) is a convex funcion on R 1 d ; 3 r(1 + x 2 + y + z ) g(, x, y, z) r + α x 2 + β y + γ 2 z 2, r α x 2 h(x) r(1 + x 2 ); 4 g(, x, y, z) g(, x, y, z) r(1 + x + x ) x x, h(x) h(x ) r(1 + x + x ) x x ; 5 α + T α < 1 2γe 3βT σ 2 T. Uniqueness of soluions o quadraic BSDEs

29 Resuls Recalls and basic resuls on BSDEs Uniqueness resul Links wih PDEs Proposiion The funcion u defined by (3.4) is coninuous on [0, T ] R d and saisfies (, x) [0, T ] R d, u(, x) C(1 + x 2 ). Moreover, u is a viscosiy soluion o he PDE (3.1). Uniqueness of soluions o quadraic BSDEs

30 Recalls and basic resuls on BSDEs Uniqueness resul Links wih PDEs Bibliographie Magdalena Kobylanski. Backward sochasic differenial equaions and parial differenial equaions wih quadraic growh. Ann. Probab., 28(2) : , Philippe Briand and Ying Hu. BSDE wih quadraic growh and unbounded erminal value. Probab. Theory Relaed Fields, 136(4) : , Philippe Briand and Ying Hu. Quadraic BSDEs wih convex generaors and unbounded erminal condiions. Probab. Theory Relaed Fields, 141(3-4) : , Ph. Briand, B. Delyon, Y. Hu, E. Pardoux, and L. Soica. L p soluions of backward sochasic differenial equaions. Sochasic Process. Appl., 108(1) : , Uniqueness of soluions o quadraic BSDEs

Time discretization of quadratic and superquadratic Markovian BSDEs with unbounded terminal conditions

Time discretization of quadratic and superquadratic Markovian BSDEs with unbounded terminal conditions Time discreizaion of quadraic and superquadraic Markovian BSDEs wih unbounded erminal condiions Adrien Richou Universié Bordeaux 1, INRIA équipe ALEA Oxford framework Le (Ω, F, P) be a probabiliy space,

More information

An Introduction to Backward Stochastic Differential Equations (BSDEs) PIMS Summer School 2016 in Mathematical Finance.

An Introduction to Backward Stochastic Differential Equations (BSDEs) PIMS Summer School 2016 in Mathematical Finance. 1 An Inroducion o Backward Sochasic Differenial Equaions (BSDEs) PIMS Summer School 2016 in Mahemaical Finance June 25, 2016 Chrisoph Frei cfrei@ualbera.ca This inroducion is based on Touzi [14], Bouchard

More information

Quadratic and Superquadratic BSDEs and Related PDEs

Quadratic and Superquadratic BSDEs and Related PDEs Quadraic and Superquadraic BSDEs and Relaed PDEs Ying Hu IRMAR, Universié Rennes 1, FRANCE hp://perso.univ-rennes1.fr/ying.hu/ ITN Marie Curie Workshop "Sochasic Conrol and Finance" Roscoff, March 21 Ying

More information

Utility maximization in incomplete markets

Utility maximization in incomplete markets Uiliy maximizaion in incomplee markes Marcel Ladkau 27.1.29 Conens 1 Inroducion and general seings 2 1.1 Marke model....................................... 2 1.2 Trading sraegy.....................................

More information

Backward stochastic dynamics on a filtered probability space

Backward stochastic dynamics on a filtered probability space Backward sochasic dynamics on a filered probabiliy space Gechun Liang Oxford-Man Insiue, Universiy of Oxford based on join work wih Terry Lyons and Zhongmin Qian Page 1 of 15 gliang@oxford-man.ox.ac.uk

More information

Existence and uniqueness of solution for multidimensional BSDE with local conditions on the coefficient

Existence and uniqueness of solution for multidimensional BSDE with local conditions on the coefficient 1/34 Exisence and uniqueness of soluion for mulidimensional BSDE wih local condiions on he coefficien EL HASSAN ESSAKY Cadi Ayyad Universiy Mulidisciplinary Faculy Safi, Morocco ITN Roscof, March 18-23,

More information

Backward doubly stochastic di erential equations with quadratic growth and applications to quasilinear SPDEs

Backward doubly stochastic di erential equations with quadratic growth and applications to quasilinear SPDEs Backward doubly sochasic di erenial equaions wih quadraic growh and applicaions o quasilinear SPDEs Badreddine MANSOURI (wih K. Bahlali & B. Mezerdi) Universiy of Biskra Algeria La Londe 14 sepember 2007

More information

Dual Representation as Stochastic Differential Games of Backward Stochastic Differential Equations and Dynamic Evaluations

Dual Representation as Stochastic Differential Games of Backward Stochastic Differential Equations and Dynamic Evaluations arxiv:mah/0602323v1 [mah.pr] 15 Feb 2006 Dual Represenaion as Sochasic Differenial Games of Backward Sochasic Differenial Equaions and Dynamic Evaluaions Shanjian Tang Absrac In his Noe, assuming ha he

More information

An Introduction to Malliavin calculus and its applications

An Introduction to Malliavin calculus and its applications An Inroducion o Malliavin calculus and is applicaions Lecure 5: Smoohness of he densiy and Hörmander s heorem David Nualar Deparmen of Mahemaics Kansas Universiy Universiy of Wyoming Summer School 214

More information

On the uniqueness of solutions to quadratic BSDEs with convex generators and unbounded terminal conditions: the critical case

On the uniqueness of solutions to quadratic BSDEs with convex generators and unbounded terminal conditions: the critical case On he uniqueness of soluions o quadraic BSDEs wih convex generaors and unbounded erminal condiions: he criical case Freddy Delbaen Deparmen of Mahemaics ETH-Zenrum, HG G 54.3, CH-892 Zürich, Swizerland

More information

A class of multidimensional quadratic BSDEs

A class of multidimensional quadratic BSDEs A class of mulidimensional quadraic SDEs Zhongmin Qian, Yimin Yang Shujin Wu March 4, 07 arxiv:703.0453v mah.p] Mar 07 Absrac In his paper we sudy a mulidimensional quadraic SDE wih a paricular class of

More information

Generalized Snell envelope and BSDE With Two general Reflecting Barriers

Generalized Snell envelope and BSDE With Two general Reflecting Barriers 1/22 Generalized Snell envelope and BSDE Wih Two general Reflecing Barriers EL HASSAN ESSAKY Cadi ayyad Universiy Poly-disciplinary Faculy Safi Work in progress wih : M. Hassani and Y. Ouknine Iasi, July

More information

Couplage du principe des grandes déviations et de l homogénisation dans le cas des EDP paraboliques: (le cas constant)

Couplage du principe des grandes déviations et de l homogénisation dans le cas des EDP paraboliques: (le cas constant) Couplage du principe des grandes déviaions e de l homogénisaion dans le cas des EDP paraboliques: (le cas consan) Alioune COULIBALY U.F.R Sciences e Technologie Universié Assane SECK de Ziguinchor Probabilié

More information

Simulation of BSDEs and. Wiener Chaos Expansions

Simulation of BSDEs and. Wiener Chaos Expansions Simulaion of BSDEs and Wiener Chaos Expansions Philippe Briand Céline Labar LAMA UMR 5127, Universié de Savoie, France hp://www.lama.univ-savoie.fr/ Workshop on BSDEs Rennes, May 22-24, 213 Inroducion

More information

arxiv: v4 [math.pr] 29 Jan 2015

arxiv: v4 [math.pr] 29 Jan 2015 Mulidimensional quadraic and subquadraic BSDEs wih special srucure arxiv:139.6716v4 [mah.pr] 9 Jan 15 Parick Cheridio Princeon Universiy Princeon, NJ 8544, USA January 15 Absrac We sudy mulidimensional

More information

EXISTENCE AND UNIQUENESS OF SOLUTIONS TO THE BACKWARD STOCHASTIC LORENZ SYSTEM

EXISTENCE AND UNIQUENESS OF SOLUTIONS TO THE BACKWARD STOCHASTIC LORENZ SYSTEM Communicaions on Sochasic Analysis Vol. 1, No. 3 (27) 473-483 EXISTENCE AND UNIQUENESS OF SOLUTIONS TO THE BACKWARD STOCHASTIC LORENZ SYSTEM P. SUNDAR AND HONG YIN Absrac. The backward sochasic Lorenz

More information

Simulation of BSDEs and. Wiener Chaos Expansions

Simulation of BSDEs and. Wiener Chaos Expansions Simulaion of BSDEs and Wiener Chaos Expansions Philippe Briand Céline Labar LAMA UMR 5127, Universié de Savoie, France hp://www.lama.univ-savoie.fr/ Sochasic Analysis Seminar Oxford, June 1, 213 Inroducion

More information

Local Strict Comparison Theorem and Converse Comparison Theorems for Reflected Backward Stochastic Differential Equations

Local Strict Comparison Theorem and Converse Comparison Theorems for Reflected Backward Stochastic Differential Equations arxiv:mah/07002v [mah.pr] 3 Dec 2006 Local Sric Comparison Theorem and Converse Comparison Theorems for Refleced Backward Sochasic Differenial Equaions Juan Li and Shanjian Tang Absrac A local sric comparison

More information

Algorithmic Trading: Optimal Control PIMS Summer School

Algorithmic Trading: Optimal Control PIMS Summer School Algorihmic Trading: Opimal Conrol PIMS Summer School Sebasian Jaimungal, U. Torono Álvaro Carea,U. Oxford many hanks o José Penalva,(U. Carlos III) Luhui Gan (U. Torono) Ryan Donnelly (Swiss Finance Insiue,

More information

arxiv: v1 [math.pr] 21 May 2010

arxiv: v1 [math.pr] 21 May 2010 ON SCHRÖDINGER S EQUATION, 3-DIMENSIONAL BESSEL BRIDGES, AND PASSAGE TIME PROBLEMS arxiv:15.498v1 [mah.pr 21 May 21 GERARDO HERNÁNDEZ-DEL-VALLE Absrac. In his work we relae he densiy of he firs-passage

More information

and Applications Alexander Steinicke University of Graz Vienna Seminar in Mathematical Finance and Probability,

and Applications Alexander Steinicke University of Graz Vienna Seminar in Mathematical Finance and Probability, Backward Sochasic Differenial Equaions and Applicaions Alexander Seinicke Universiy of Graz Vienna Seminar in Mahemaical Finance and Probabiliy, 6-20-2017 1 / 31 1 Wha is a BSDE? SDEs - he differenial

More information

arxiv: v1 [math.pr] 23 Mar 2019

arxiv: v1 [math.pr] 23 Mar 2019 arxiv:193.991v1 [mah.pr] 23 Mar 219 Uniqueness, Comparison and Sabiliy for Scalar BSDEs wih Lexp(µ 2log(1 + L)) -inegrable erminal values and monoonic generaors Hun O, Mun-Chol Kim and Chol-Kyu Pak * Faculy

More information

Hamilton- J acobi Equation: Weak S olution We continue the study of the Hamilton-Jacobi equation:

Hamilton- J acobi Equation: Weak S olution We continue the study of the Hamilton-Jacobi equation: M ah 5 7 Fall 9 L ecure O c. 4, 9 ) Hamilon- J acobi Equaion: Weak S oluion We coninue he sudy of he Hamilon-Jacobi equaion: We have shown ha u + H D u) = R n, ) ; u = g R n { = }. ). In general we canno

More information

BSDES UNDER FILTRATION-CONSISTENT NONLINEAR EXPECTATIONS AND THE CORRESPONDING DECOMPOSITION THEOREM FOR E-SUPERMARTINGALES IN L p

BSDES UNDER FILTRATION-CONSISTENT NONLINEAR EXPECTATIONS AND THE CORRESPONDING DECOMPOSITION THEOREM FOR E-SUPERMARTINGALES IN L p ROCKY MOUNTAIN JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICS Volume 43, Number 2, 213 BSDES UNDER FILTRATION-CONSISTENT NONLINEAR EXPECTATIONS AND THE CORRESPONDING DECOMPOSITION THEOREM FOR E-SUPERMARTINGALES IN L p ZHAOJUN

More information

Homogenization of random Hamilton Jacobi Bellman Equations

Homogenization of random Hamilton Jacobi Bellman Equations Probabiliy, Geomery and Inegrable Sysems MSRI Publicaions Volume 55, 28 Homogenizaion of random Hamilon Jacobi Bellman Equaions S. R. SRINIVASA VARADHAN ABSTRACT. We consider nonlinear parabolic equaions

More information

This article appeared in a journal published by Elsevier. The attached copy is furnished to the author for internal non-commercial research and

This article appeared in a journal published by Elsevier. The attached copy is furnished to the author for internal non-commercial research and This aricle appeared in a journal published by Elsevier. The aached copy is furnished o he auhor for inernal non-commercial research and educaion use, including for insrucion a he auhors insiuion and sharing

More information

Singular perturbation control problems: a BSDE approach

Singular perturbation control problems: a BSDE approach Singular perurbaion conrol problems: a BSDE approach Join work wih Francois Delarue Universié de Nice and Giuseppina Guaeri Poliecnico di Milano Le Mans 8h of Ocober 215 Conference in honour of Vlad Bally

More information

f(s)dw Solution 1. Approximate f by piece-wise constant left-continuous non-random functions f n such that (f(s) f n (s)) 2 ds 0.

f(s)dw Solution 1. Approximate f by piece-wise constant left-continuous non-random functions f n such that (f(s) f n (s)) 2 ds 0. Advanced Financial Models Example shee 3 - Michaelmas 217 Michael Tehranchi Problem 1. Le f : [, R be a coninuous (non-random funcion and W a Brownian moion, and le σ 2 = f(s 2 ds and assume σ 2

More information

Example on p. 157

Example on p. 157 Example 2.5.3. Le where BV [, 1] = Example 2.5.3. on p. 157 { g : [, 1] C g() =, g() = g( + ) [, 1), var (g) = sup g( j+1 ) g( j ) he supremum is aken over all he pariions of [, 1] (1) : = < 1 < < n =

More information

Ann. Funct. Anal. 2 (2011), no. 2, A nnals of F unctional A nalysis ISSN: (electronic) URL:

Ann. Funct. Anal. 2 (2011), no. 2, A nnals of F unctional A nalysis ISSN: (electronic) URL: Ann. Func. Anal. 2 2011, no. 2, 34 41 A nnals of F uncional A nalysis ISSN: 2008-8752 elecronic URL: www.emis.de/journals/afa/ CLASSIFICAION OF POSIIVE SOLUIONS OF NONLINEAR SYSEMS OF VOLERRA INEGRAL EQUAIONS

More information

6. Stochastic calculus with jump processes

6. Stochastic calculus with jump processes A) Trading sraegies (1/3) Marke wih d asses S = (S 1,, S d ) A rading sraegy can be modelled wih a vecor φ describing he quaniies invesed in each asse a each insan : φ = (φ 1,, φ d ) The value a of a porfolio

More information

arxiv: v2 [math.pr] 7 Mar 2018

arxiv: v2 [math.pr] 7 Mar 2018 Backward sochasic differenial equaions wih unbounded generaors arxiv:141.531v [mah.pr 7 Mar 18 Bujar Gashi and Jiajie Li 1 Insiue of Financial and Acuarial Mahemaics (IFAM), Deparmen of Mahemaical Sciences,

More information

1. Introduction. Journal of Numerical Mathematics and Stochastics, 10(1) : 45-57, A.SGHIR 1, D.SEGHIR 2, and S. HADIRI 2

1. Introduction. Journal of Numerical Mathematics and Stochastics, 10(1) : 45-57, A.SGHIR 1, D.SEGHIR 2, and S. HADIRI 2 Journal of Numerical Mahemaics and Sochasics, 1(1) : 5-57, 218 hp://www.jnmas.org/jnmas1-.pdf JNM@S Euclidean Press, LLC Online: ISSN 2151-232 Numerical Mehods for Cerain Classes of Markovian Backward

More information

arxiv: v2 [math.pr] 12 Jul 2014

arxiv: v2 [math.pr] 12 Jul 2014 Quadraic BSDEs wih L erminal daa Exisence resuls, Krylov s esimae and Iô Krylov s formula arxiv:4.6596v [mah.pr] Jul 4 K. Bahlali a, M. Eddahbi b and Y. Ouknine c a Universié de Toulon, IMATH, EA 34, 83957

More information

EXISTENCE OF S 2 -ALMOST PERIODIC SOLUTIONS TO A CLASS OF NONAUTONOMOUS STOCHASTIC EVOLUTION EQUATIONS

EXISTENCE OF S 2 -ALMOST PERIODIC SOLUTIONS TO A CLASS OF NONAUTONOMOUS STOCHASTIC EVOLUTION EQUATIONS Elecronic Journal of Qualiaive Theory of Differenial Equaions 8, No. 35, 1-19; hp://www.mah.u-szeged.hu/ejqde/ EXISTENCE OF S -ALMOST PERIODIC SOLUTIONS TO A CLASS OF NONAUTONOMOUS STOCHASTIC EVOLUTION

More information

AMartingaleApproachforFractionalBrownian Motions and Related Path Dependent PDEs

AMartingaleApproachforFractionalBrownian Motions and Related Path Dependent PDEs AMaringaleApproachforFracionalBrownian Moions and Relaed Pah Dependen PDEs Jianfeng ZHANG Universiy of Souhern California Join work wih Frederi VIENS Mahemaical Finance, Probabiliy, and PDE Conference

More information

Vanishing Viscosity Method. There are another instructive and perhaps more natural discontinuous solutions of the conservation law

Vanishing Viscosity Method. There are another instructive and perhaps more natural discontinuous solutions of the conservation law Vanishing Viscosiy Mehod. There are anoher insrucive and perhaps more naural disconinuous soluions of he conservaion law (1 u +(q(u x 0, he so called vanishing viscosiy mehod. This mehod consiss in viewing

More information

Backward Stochastic Differential Equations with Financial Applications (Part I) Jin Ma

Backward Stochastic Differential Equations with Financial Applications (Part I) Jin Ma Backward Sochasic Differenial Equaions wih Financial Applicaions (Par I) Jin Ma 2nd SMAI European Summer School in Financial Mahemaics Paris, France, Augus 24 29, 2009 Jin Ma (Universiy of Souhern California)

More information

arxiv: v1 [math.ca] 15 Nov 2016

arxiv: v1 [math.ca] 15 Nov 2016 arxiv:6.599v [mah.ca] 5 Nov 26 Counerexamples on Jumarie s hree basic fracional calculus formulae for non-differeniable coninuous funcions Cheng-shi Liu Deparmen of Mahemaics Norheas Peroleum Universiy

More information

Hamilton- J acobi Equation: Explicit Formulas In this lecture we try to apply the method of characteristics to the Hamilton-Jacobi equation: u t

Hamilton- J acobi Equation: Explicit Formulas In this lecture we try to apply the method of characteristics to the Hamilton-Jacobi equation: u t M ah 5 2 7 Fall 2 0 0 9 L ecure 1 0 O c. 7, 2 0 0 9 Hamilon- J acobi Equaion: Explici Formulas In his lecure we ry o apply he mehod of characerisics o he Hamilon-Jacobi equaion: u + H D u, x = 0 in R n

More information

Existence of positive solution for a third-order three-point BVP with sign-changing Green s function

Existence of positive solution for a third-order three-point BVP with sign-changing Green s function Elecronic Journal of Qualiaive Theory of Differenial Equaions 13, No. 3, 1-11; hp://www.mah.u-szeged.hu/ejqde/ Exisence of posiive soluion for a hird-order hree-poin BVP wih sign-changing Green s funcion

More information

arxiv: v1 [math.pr] 18 Feb 2015

arxiv: v1 [math.pr] 18 Feb 2015 Non-Markovian opimal sopping problems and consrained BSDEs wih jump arxiv:152.5422v1 [mah.pr 18 Feb 215 Marco Fuhrman Poliecnico di Milano, Diparimeno di Maemaica via Bonardi 9, 2133 Milano, Ialy marco.fuhrman@polimi.i

More information

On a Fractional Stochastic Landau-Ginzburg Equation

On a Fractional Stochastic Landau-Ginzburg Equation Applied Mahemaical Sciences, Vol. 4, 1, no. 7, 317-35 On a Fracional Sochasic Landau-Ginzburg Equaion Nguyen Tien Dung Deparmen of Mahemaics, FPT Universiy 15B Pham Hung Sree, Hanoi, Vienam dungn@fp.edu.vn

More information

CONTRIBUTION TO IMPULSIVE EQUATIONS

CONTRIBUTION TO IMPULSIVE EQUATIONS European Scienific Journal Sepember 214 /SPECIAL/ ediion Vol.3 ISSN: 1857 7881 (Prin) e - ISSN 1857-7431 CONTRIBUTION TO IMPULSIVE EQUATIONS Berrabah Faima Zohra, MA Universiy of sidi bel abbes/ Algeria

More information

Hamilton Jacobi equations

Hamilton Jacobi equations Hamilon Jacobi equaions Inoducion o PDE The rigorous suff from Evans, mosly. We discuss firs u + H( u = 0, (1 where H(p is convex, and superlinear a infiniy, H(p lim p p = + This by comes by inegraion

More information

Risk Aversion Asymptotics for Power Utility Maximization

Risk Aversion Asymptotics for Power Utility Maximization Risk Aversion Asympoics for Power Uiliy Maximizaion Marcel Nuz ETH Zurich AnSAp10 Conference Vienna, 12.07.2010 Marcel Nuz (ETH) Risk Aversion Asympoics 1 / 15 Basic Problem Power uiliy funcion U(x) =

More information

REFLECTED SOLUTIONS OF BACKWARD SDE S, AND RELATED OBSTACLE PROBLEMS FOR PDE S

REFLECTED SOLUTIONS OF BACKWARD SDE S, AND RELATED OBSTACLE PROBLEMS FOR PDE S The Annals of Probabiliy 1997, Vol. 25, No. 2, 72 737 REFLECTED SOLUTIONS OF BACKWARD SDE S, AND RELATED OBSTACLE PROBLEMS FOR PDE S By N. El Karoui, C. Kapoudjian, E. Pardoux, S. Peng and M. C. Quenez

More information

ON SCHRÖDINGER S EQUATION, 3-DIMENSIONAL BESSEL BRIDGES, AND PASSAGE TIME PROBLEMS

ON SCHRÖDINGER S EQUATION, 3-DIMENSIONAL BESSEL BRIDGES, AND PASSAGE TIME PROBLEMS ON SCHRÖDINGER S EQUATION, 3-DIMENSIONAL BESSEL BRIDGES, AND PASSAGE TIME PROBLEMS GERARDO HERNÁNDEZ-DEL-VALLE Absrac. We obain explici soluions for he densiy ϕ T of he firs-ime T ha a one-dimensional

More information

Semilinear Kolmogorov equations and applications to stochastic optimal control

Semilinear Kolmogorov equations and applications to stochastic optimal control Semilinear Kolmogorov equaions and applicaions o sochasic opimal conrol Federica Masiero 1 Advisor: Prof. Marco Fuhrman 2 1 Diparimeno di Maemaica, Universià degli sudi di Milano, Via Saldini 5, 2133 Milano,

More information

MATH 4330/5330, Fourier Analysis Section 6, Proof of Fourier s Theorem for Pointwise Convergence

MATH 4330/5330, Fourier Analysis Section 6, Proof of Fourier s Theorem for Pointwise Convergence MATH 433/533, Fourier Analysis Secion 6, Proof of Fourier s Theorem for Poinwise Convergence Firs, some commens abou inegraing periodic funcions. If g is a periodic funcion, g(x + ) g(x) for all real x,

More information

Quasi-sure Stochastic Analysis through Aggregation

Quasi-sure Stochastic Analysis through Aggregation E l e c r o n i c J o u r n a l o f P r o b a b i l i y Vol. 16 (211), Paper no. 67, pages 1844 1879. Journal URL hp://www.mah.washingon.edu/~ejpecp/ Quasi-sure Sochasic Analysis hrough Aggregaion H. Mee

More information

Approximation of backward stochastic variational inequalities

Approximation of backward stochastic variational inequalities Al. I. Cuza Universiy of Iaşi, România 10ème Colloque Franco-Roumain de Mahémaiques Appliquées Augus 27, 2010, Poiiers, France Shor hisory & moivaion Re eced Sochasic Di erenial Equaions were rs sudied

More information

Feynman-Kac representation for Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman IPDE

Feynman-Kac representation for Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman IPDE Feynman-Kac represenaion for Hamilon-Jacobi-Bellman IPDE Idris KHRROUBI 1), Huyên PHM 2) December 11, 2012 revised version: November 27, 2013 1) CEREMDE, CNRS, UMR 7534 2) Laboraoire de Probabiliés e Universié

More information

Positive continuous solution of a quadratic integral equation of fractional orders

Positive continuous solution of a quadratic integral equation of fractional orders Mah. Sci. Le., No., 9-7 (3) 9 Mahemaical Sciences Leers An Inernaional Journal @ 3 NSP Naural Sciences Publishing Cor. Posiive coninuous soluion of a quadraic inegral equaion of fracional orders A. M.

More information

Existence of multiple positive periodic solutions for functional differential equations

Existence of multiple positive periodic solutions for functional differential equations J. Mah. Anal. Appl. 325 (27) 1378 1389 www.elsevier.com/locae/jmaa Exisence of muliple posiive periodic soluions for funcional differenial equaions Zhijun Zeng a,b,,libi a, Meng Fan a a School of Mahemaics

More information

arxiv: v2 [math.pr] 11 Dec 2013

arxiv: v2 [math.pr] 11 Dec 2013 Mulidimensional BSDEs wih uniformly coninuous generaors and general ime inervals Shengjun FAN a,b,, Lishun XIAO a, Yanbin WANG a a College of Science, China Universiy of Mining and echnology, Xuzhou, Jiangsu,

More information

Optimal control of diffusion coefficients via decoupling fields

Optimal control of diffusion coefficients via decoupling fields Opimal conrol of diffusion coefficiens via decoupling fields Sefan Ankirchner, Alexander Fromm To cie his version: Sefan Ankirchner, Alexander Fromm. Opimal conrol of diffusion coefficiens via decoupling

More information

EXERCISES FOR SECTION 1.5

EXERCISES FOR SECTION 1.5 1.5 Exisence and Uniqueness of Soluions 43 20. 1 v c 21. 1 v c 1 2 4 6 8 10 1 2 2 4 6 8 10 Graph of approximae soluion obained using Euler s mehod wih = 0.1. Graph of approximae soluion obained using Euler

More information

BACKWARD STOCHASTIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS AND PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS WITH QUADRATIC GROWTH. By Magdalena Kobylanski Université detours

BACKWARD STOCHASTIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS AND PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS WITH QUADRATIC GROWTH. By Magdalena Kobylanski Université detours The Annals of Probabiliy 2, Vol. 28, No. 2, 558 62 BACKWARD STOCHASTIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS AND PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS WITH QUADRATIC GROWTH By Magdalena Kobylanski Universié detours We provide

More information

Kalman Bucy filtering equations of forward and backward stochastic systems and applications to recursive optimal control problems

Kalman Bucy filtering equations of forward and backward stochastic systems and applications to recursive optimal control problems J. Mah. Anal. Appl. 34 8) 18 196 www.elsevier.com/locae/jmaa Kalman Bucy filering equaions of forward and backward sochasic sysems and applicaions o recursive opimal conrol problems Guangchen Wang a,b,,zhenwu

More information

Forward-backward systems for expected utility maximization

Forward-backward systems for expected utility maximization Forward-backward sysems for expeced uiliy maximizaion Ulrich ors, Ying u, Peer Imkeller, Anhony Réveillac and Jianing Zhang December 23, 213 Absrac In his paper we deal wih he uiliy maximizaion problem

More information

MATH 5720: Gradient Methods Hung Phan, UMass Lowell October 4, 2018

MATH 5720: Gradient Methods Hung Phan, UMass Lowell October 4, 2018 MATH 5720: Gradien Mehods Hung Phan, UMass Lowell Ocober 4, 208 Descen Direcion Mehods Consider he problem min { f(x) x R n}. The general descen direcions mehod is x k+ = x k + k d k where x k is he curren

More information

ON JENSEN S INEQUALITY FOR g-expectation

ON JENSEN S INEQUALITY FOR g-expectation Chin. Ann. Mah. 25B:3(2004),401 412. ON JENSEN S INEQUALITY FOR g-expectation JIANG Long CHEN Zengjing Absrac Briand e al. gave a conerexample showing ha given g, Jensen s ineqaliy for g-expecaion sally

More information

Forward-backward systems for expected utility maximization

Forward-backward systems for expected utility maximization Forward-backward sysems for expeced uiliy maximizaion Ulrich Hors, Ying Hu, Peer Imkeller, Anhony Reveillac, Jianing Zhang o cie his version: Ulrich Hors, Ying Hu, Peer Imkeller, Anhony Reveillac, Jianing

More information

Cash Flow Valuation Mode Lin Discrete Time

Cash Flow Valuation Mode Lin Discrete Time IOSR Journal of Mahemaics (IOSR-JM) e-issn: 2278-5728,p-ISSN: 2319-765X, 6, Issue 6 (May. - Jun. 2013), PP 35-41 Cash Flow Valuaion Mode Lin Discree Time Olayiwola. M. A. and Oni, N. O. Deparmen of Mahemaics

More information

Locally Lipschitz BSDE driven by a continuous martingale path-derivative approach Monash CQFIS working paper

Locally Lipschitz BSDE driven by a continuous martingale path-derivative approach Monash CQFIS working paper Locally Lipschiz BSDE driven by a coninuous maringale pah-derivaive approach Monash CQFIS working paper 17 1 Absrac Using a new noion of pah-derivaive, we sudy exisence and uniqueness of soluion for backward

More information

Monotonic Solutions of a Class of Quadratic Singular Integral Equations of Volterra type

Monotonic Solutions of a Class of Quadratic Singular Integral Equations of Volterra type In. J. Conemp. Mah. Sci., Vol. 2, 27, no. 2, 89-2 Monoonic Soluions of a Class of Quadraic Singular Inegral Equaions of Volerra ype Mahmoud M. El Borai Deparmen of Mahemaics, Faculy of Science, Alexandria

More information

Course Notes for EE227C (Spring 2018): Convex Optimization and Approximation

Course Notes for EE227C (Spring 2018): Convex Optimization and Approximation Course Noes for EE7C Spring 018: Convex Opimizaion and Approximaion Insrucor: Moriz Hard Email: hard+ee7c@berkeley.edu Graduae Insrucor: Max Simchowiz Email: msimchow+ee7c@berkeley.edu Ocober 15, 018 3

More information

PROPERTIES OF MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATES IN DIFFUSION AND FRACTIONAL-BROWNIAN MODELS

PROPERTIES OF MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATES IN DIFFUSION AND FRACTIONAL-BROWNIAN MODELS eor Imov r. a Maem. Sais. heor. Probabiliy and Mah. Sais. Vip. 68, 3 S 94-9(4)6-3 Aricle elecronically published on May 4, 4 PROPERIES OF MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESIMAES IN DIFFUSION AND FRACIONAL-BROWNIAN

More information

On Oscillation of a Generalized Logistic Equation with Several Delays

On Oscillation of a Generalized Logistic Equation with Several Delays Journal of Mahemaical Analysis and Applicaions 253, 389 45 (21) doi:1.16/jmaa.2.714, available online a hp://www.idealibrary.com on On Oscillaion of a Generalized Logisic Equaion wih Several Delays Leonid

More information

arxiv: v1 [math.pr] 6 Mar 2014

arxiv: v1 [math.pr] 6 Mar 2014 Quadraic BSDs wih jumps: relaed non-linear expecaions Nabil Kazi-ani Dylan Possamaï Chao Zhou July 27, 218 arxiv:143.273v1 [mah.pr] 6 Mar 214 Absrac In his aricle, we follow he sudy of quadraic backward

More information

INVARIANCE OF CLOSED CONVEX CONES FOR STOCHASTIC PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

INVARIANCE OF CLOSED CONVEX CONES FOR STOCHASTIC PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS INVARIANCE OF CLOSED CONVEX CONES FOR STOCHASTIC PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS STEFAN TAPPE Absrac. The goal of his paper is o clarify when a closed convex cone is invarian for a sochasic parial differenial

More information

Singular control of SPDEs and backward stochastic partial diffe. reflection

Singular control of SPDEs and backward stochastic partial diffe. reflection Singular conrol of SPDEs and backward sochasic parial differenial equaions wih reflecion Universiy of Mancheser Join work wih Bern Øksendal and Agnès Sulem Singular conrol of SPDEs and backward sochasic

More information

Reflected Discontinuous Backward Doubly Stochastic Differential Equations With Poisson Jumps

Reflected Discontinuous Backward Doubly Stochastic Differential Equations With Poisson Jumps Journal of Numerical Mahemaics and Sochasics, () : 73-93, 8 hp://www.jnmas.org/jnmas-5.pdf JNM@S uclidean Press, LLC Online: ISSN 5-3 Refleced Disconinuous Backward Doubly Sochasic Differenial quaions

More information

LECTURE 1: GENERALIZED RAY KNIGHT THEOREM FOR FINITE MARKOV CHAINS

LECTURE 1: GENERALIZED RAY KNIGHT THEOREM FOR FINITE MARKOV CHAINS LECTURE : GENERALIZED RAY KNIGHT THEOREM FOR FINITE MARKOV CHAINS We will work wih a coninuous ime reversible Markov chain X on a finie conneced sae space, wih generaor Lf(x = y q x,yf(y. (Recall ha q

More information

BACKWARD STOCHASTIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS WITH REFLECTION AND DYNKIN GAMES 1. By Jakša Cvitanić and Ioannis Karatzas Columbia University

BACKWARD STOCHASTIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS WITH REFLECTION AND DYNKIN GAMES 1. By Jakša Cvitanić and Ioannis Karatzas Columbia University The Annals of Probabiliy 1996, Vol. 24, No. 4, 224 256 BACKWARD STOCHASTIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS WITH REFLECTION AND DYNKIN GAMES 1 By Jakša Cvianić and Ioannis Karazas Columbia Universiy We esablish

More information

Lecture 20: Riccati Equations and Least Squares Feedback Control

Lecture 20: Riccati Equations and Least Squares Feedback Control 34-5 LINEAR SYSTEMS Lecure : Riccai Equaions and Leas Squares Feedback Conrol 5.6.4 Sae Feedback via Riccai Equaions A recursive approach in generaing he marix-valued funcion W ( ) equaion for i for he

More information

Existence Theory of Second Order Random Differential Equations

Existence Theory of Second Order Random Differential Equations Global Journal of Mahemaical Sciences: Theory and Pracical. ISSN 974-32 Volume 4, Number 3 (22), pp. 33-3 Inernaional Research Publicaion House hp://www.irphouse.com Exisence Theory of Second Order Random

More information

Some new results on homothetic forward performance processes

Some new results on homothetic forward performance processes Some new resuls on homoheic forward performance processes WCMF, Sana Barbara Sepember 2014 Thaleia Zariphopoulou The Universiy of Texas a Ausin Represenaion of homoheic forward performance processes via

More information

BSDEs on finite and infinite horizon with timedelayed

BSDEs on finite and infinite horizon with timedelayed BSDEs on finie and infinie horizon wih imedelayed generaors Peng Luo a,b,1,, Ludovic Tangpi c,, June 1, 18 arxiv:159.1991v1 [mah.pr] 7 Sep 15 ABSTRACT We consider a backward sochasic differenial equaion

More information

On R d -valued peacocks

On R d -valued peacocks On R d -valued peacocks Francis HIRSCH 1), Bernard ROYNETTE 2) July 26, 211 1) Laboraoire d Analyse e Probabiliés, Universié d Évry - Val d Essonne, Boulevard F. Mierrand, F-9125 Évry Cedex e-mail: francis.hirsch@univ-evry.fr

More information

Consumption investment optimization with Epstein-Zin utility

Consumption investment optimization with Epstein-Zin utility Consumpion invesmen opimizaion wih Epsein-Zin uiliy Hao Xing London School of Economics Dublin Ciy Universiy, March 6, 2015 1/25 Wha are recursive uiliies? Given a consumpion sream c, V = W(c,m(V +1 )).

More information

Some estimates for the parabolic Anderson model

Some estimates for the parabolic Anderson model Some esimaes for he parabolic Anderson model Samy Tindel Purdue Universiy Probabiliy Seminar - Urbana Champaign 2015 Collaboraors: Xia Chen, Yaozhong Hu, Jingyu Huang, Khoa Lê, David Nualar Samy T. (Purdue)

More information

MA 366 Review - Test # 1

MA 366 Review - Test # 1 MA 366 Review - Tes # 1 Fall 5 () Resuls from Calculus: differeniaion formulas, implici differeniaion, Chain Rule; inegraion formulas, inegraion b pars, parial fracions, oher inegraion echniques. (1) Order

More information

arxiv: v1 [math.pr] 7 Jan 2018

arxiv: v1 [math.pr] 7 Jan 2018 Refleced forward-backward sochasic differenial equaions driven by G-Brownian moion wih coninuous arxiv:181.2271v1 [mah.pr] 7 Jan 218 monoone coefficiens Bingjun Wang 1,2 Hongjun Gao 1 Mei Li 3 1. Insiue

More information

SUFFICIENT CONDITIONS FOR EXISTENCE SOLUTION OF LINEAR TWO-POINT BOUNDARY PROBLEM IN MINIMIZATION OF QUADRATIC FUNCTIONAL

SUFFICIENT CONDITIONS FOR EXISTENCE SOLUTION OF LINEAR TWO-POINT BOUNDARY PROBLEM IN MINIMIZATION OF QUADRATIC FUNCTIONAL HE PUBLISHING HOUSE PROCEEDINGS OF HE ROMANIAN ACADEMY, Series A, OF HE ROMANIAN ACADEMY Volume, Number 4/200, pp 287 293 SUFFICIEN CONDIIONS FOR EXISENCE SOLUION OF LINEAR WO-POIN BOUNDARY PROBLEM IN

More information

Inventory Analysis and Management. Multi-Period Stochastic Models: Optimality of (s, S) Policy for K-Convex Objective Functions

Inventory Analysis and Management. Multi-Period Stochastic Models: Optimality of (s, S) Policy for K-Convex Objective Functions Muli-Period Sochasic Models: Opimali of (s, S) Polic for -Convex Objecive Funcions Consider a seing similar o he N-sage newsvendor problem excep ha now here is a fixed re-ordering cos (> 0) for each (re-)order.

More information

Optimization problem under change of regime of interest rate

Optimization problem under change of regime of interest rate Opimizaion problem under change of regime of ineres rae Bogdan Ifimie Buchares Universiy of Economic Sudies, and Simion Soilow Insiue of Romanian Academy Bogdan.Ifimie@csie.ase.ro homas Lim Laboraoire

More information

Math 527 Lecture 6: Hamilton-Jacobi Equation: Explicit Formulas

Math 527 Lecture 6: Hamilton-Jacobi Equation: Explicit Formulas Mah 527 Lecure 6: Hamilon-Jacobi Equaion: Explici Formulas Sep. 23, 2 Mehod of characerisics. We r o appl he mehod of characerisics o he Hamilon-Jacobi equaion: u +Hx, Du = in R n, u = g on R n =. 2 To

More information

Hybrid Control and Switched Systems. Lecture #3 What can go wrong? Trajectories of hybrid systems

Hybrid Control and Switched Systems. Lecture #3 What can go wrong? Trajectories of hybrid systems Hybrid Conrol and Swiched Sysems Lecure #3 Wha can go wrong? Trajecories of hybrid sysems João P. Hespanha Universiy of California a Sana Barbara Summary 1. Trajecories of hybrid sysems: Soluion o a hybrid

More information

Optimal Investment under Dynamic Risk Constraints and Partial Information

Optimal Investment under Dynamic Risk Constraints and Partial Information Opimal Invesmen under Dynamic Risk Consrains and Parial Informaion Wolfgang Puschögl Johann Radon Insiue for Compuaional and Applied Mahemaics (RICAM) Ausrian Academy of Sciences www.ricam.oeaw.ac.a 2

More information

Loss of martingality in asset price models with lognormal stochastic volatility

Loss of martingality in asset price models with lognormal stochastic volatility Loss of maringaliy in asse price models wih lognormal sochasic volailiy BJourdain July 7, 4 Absrac In his noe, we prove ha in asse price models wih lognormal sochasic volailiy, when he correlaion coefficien

More information

Heat kernel and Harnack inequality on Riemannian manifolds

Heat kernel and Harnack inequality on Riemannian manifolds Hea kernel and Harnack inequaliy on Riemannian manifolds Alexander Grigor yan UHK 11/02/2014 onens 1 Laplace operaor and hea kernel 1 2 Uniform Faber-Krahn inequaliy 3 3 Gaussian upper bounds 4 4 ean-value

More information

Intermediate Differential Equations Review and Basic Ideas

Intermediate Differential Equations Review and Basic Ideas Inermediae Differenial Equaions Review and Basic Ideas John A. Burns Cener for Opimal Design And Conrol Inerdisciplinary Cener forappliedmahemaics Virginia Polyechnic Insiue and Sae Universiy Blacksburg,

More information

Optimal Investment Strategy Insurance Company

Optimal Investment Strategy Insurance Company Opimal Invesmen Sraegy for a Non-Life Insurance Company Łukasz Delong Warsaw School of Economics Insiue of Economerics Division of Probabilisic Mehods Probabiliy space Ω I P F I I I he filraion saisfies

More information

EMS SCM joint meeting. On stochastic partial differential equations of parabolic type

EMS SCM joint meeting. On stochastic partial differential equations of parabolic type EMS SCM join meeing Barcelona, May 28-30, 2015 On sochasic parial differenial equaions of parabolic ype Isván Gyöngy School of Mahemaics and Maxwell Insiue Edinburgh Universiy 1 I. Filering problem II.

More information

Empirical Process Theory

Empirical Process Theory Empirical Process heory 4.384 ime Series Analysis, Fall 27 Reciaion by Paul Schrimpf Supplemenary o lecures given by Anna Mikusheva Ocober 7, 28 Reciaion 7 Empirical Process heory Le x be a real-valued

More information

Solutions to Assignment 1

Solutions to Assignment 1 MA 2326 Differenial Equaions Insrucor: Peronela Radu Friday, February 8, 203 Soluions o Assignmen. Find he general soluions of he following ODEs: (a) 2 x = an x Soluion: I is a separable equaion as we

More information

arxiv: v2 [math.pr] 7 Feb 2012

arxiv: v2 [math.pr] 7 Feb 2012 BSDES IN UILIY MAXIMIZAION WIH BMO MARKE PRICE OF RISK By Chrisoph Frei, Markus Mocha and Nicholas Wesray Universiy of Albera, Humbold-Universiä zu Berlin and Imperial College London arxiv:7.83v2 mah.pr

More information

Fractional Method of Characteristics for Fractional Partial Differential Equations

Fractional Method of Characteristics for Fractional Partial Differential Equations Fracional Mehod of Characerisics for Fracional Parial Differenial Equaions Guo-cheng Wu* Modern Teile Insiue, Donghua Universiy, 188 Yan-an ilu Road, Shanghai 51, PR China Absrac The mehod of characerisics

More information