On characterisation of Markov processes via martingale problems

When the \textit{martingale representation property} holds, we call any local martingale which realizes the representation a \textit{representation process}. There are two properties of the \textit{representation process} which can greatly facilitate the computations under the \textit{martingale representation property}. Actually, on the one hand, the \textit{representation process} is not unique and there always exists a \textit{representation process} which is locally bound...

We extend the class of semimartingales in a natural way. This allows us to incorporate processes having paths that leave the state space R^d. In particular Markov processes related to sub-Markovian kernels, but also non-Markovian processes with path-dependent behavior. By carefully distinguishing between two killing states, we are able to introduce a fourth semimartingale characteristic which generalizes the fourth part of the L\'evy quadruple. Using the probabilistic symbol,...

This paper contributes to the study of class $(\Sigma^{r})$ as well as the c\`adl\`ag semi-martingales of class $(\Sigma)$, whose finite variational part is c\`adl\`ag instead of continuous. The two above-mentioned classes of stochastic processes are extensions of the family of c\`adl\`ag semi-martingales of class $(\Sigma)$ considered by Nikeghbali \cite{nik} and Cheridito et al. \cite{pat}; i.e., they are processes of the class $(\Sigma)$, whose finite variational part is c...

We focus on a class of BSDEs driven by a cadlag martingale and corresponding Markov type BSDE which arise when the randomness of the driver appears through a Markov process. To those BSDEs we associate a deterministic problem which, when the Markov process is a Brownian diffusion, is nothing else but a parabolic type PDE. The solution of the deterministic problem is intended as decoupled mild solution, and it is formulated with the help of a time-inhomogeneous semigroup.

Stochastic integrals are defined with respect to a collection $P = (P_i; \, i \in I)$ of continuous semimartingales, imposing no assumptions on the index set $I$ and the subspace of $\mathbb{R}^I$ where $P$ takes values. The integrals are constructed though finite-dimensional approximation, identifying the appropriate local geometry that allows extension to infinite dimensions. For local martingale integrators, the resulting space $\mathsf{S} (P)$ of stochastic integrals has ...

This paper provides a novel proof for the sufficiency of certain well-known criteria that guarantee the martingale property of a continuous, nonnegative local martingale. More precisely, it is shown that generalizations of Novikov's condition and Kazamaki's criterion follow directly from the existence of F\"ollmer's measure. This approach allows to extend well-known criteria of martingality from strictly positive to only nonnegative, continuous local martingales.

We show a decomposition into the sum of a martingale and a deterministic quantity for time averages of the solutions to non-autonomous SDEs and for discrete-time Markov processes. In the SDE case the martingale has an explicit representation in terms of the gradient of the associated semigroup or transition operator. We show how the results can be used to obtain quenched Gaussian concentration inequalities for time averages and to provide insights into the Averaging principle...

In this paper we will give a categorical proof of the Radon-Nikodym theorem. We will do this by describing the trivial version of the result on finite probability spaces as a natural isomorphism. We then proceed to Kan extend this isomorphism to obtain the result for general probability spaces. Moreover, we observe that conditional expectation naturally appears in the construction of the right Kan extensions. Using this we can represent martingales, a special type of stochast...

We explore two notions of stationary processes. The first is called a random-step Markov process in which the stationary process of states, $(X_i)_{i \in \mathbb{Z}}$ has a stationary coupling with an independent process on the positive integers, $(L_i)_{i \in \mathbb{Z}}$ of `random look-back distances'. That is, $L_0$ is independent of the `past states', $(X_i, L_i)_{i<0}$, and for every positive integer $n$, the probability distribution on the `present', $X_0$, condition...

This work is devoted to the study of semimartingales on the dual of a general nuclear space. We start by establishing conditions for a cylindrical semimartingale in the strong dual $\Phi'$ of a nuclear space $\Phi$ to have a $\Phi'$-valued semimartingale version whose paths are right-continuous with left limits. Results of similar nature but for more specific classes of cylindrical semimartingales and examples are also provided. Later, we will show that under some general con...