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Title: A Generalized Feynman-Kac Formula For One Dimensional Processes
Authors: George Lowther
Categories: math.PR Probability Theory
Comments: 35 pages
MSC: 60J60; 60J25; 60G44; 60H10

Abstract: Suppose that a real valued process X is given as a solution to a stochastic differential equation. Then, for any twice continuously differentiable function f, the Feynman-Kac formula gives a condition for f(t,X) to be a local martingale.

We generalize the Feynman-Kac formula in two main ways. First, it is extended to nondifferentiable functions. Second, the process X is not required to satisfy an SDE. Instead, it is only required to be a quasimartingale satisfying an integrability condition, and the martingale condition for f(t,X) is then expressed in terms of the marginal distributions, drift measure and jumps of X. The proof involves the stochastic calculus of Dirichlet processes and a time-reversal argument.

These results are then applied to show that a continuous and strong Markov martingale is uniquely determined by its marginal distributions.

Owner: George Lowther
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