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Stochastic differential equations driven by
fractional Brownian motions
∗
Fabrice Baudoin
34th Finnish summer school on Probability theory and Statistics
Contents
1 Fractional Brownian motion 2
2 Young’s integrals and stochastic differential equations driven by
fractional Brownian motions 4
2.1 Young’s integral and basic estimates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.2 Stochastic differential equations driven by a H¨older path . . . . . . . 7
2.3 Multidimensional extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.4 Fractional calculus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3 Stochastic differential equations driven by fractional Brownian mo-
tions 14
3.1 Malliavin calculus with respect to fractional Brownian motion . . . . 15
3.2 Existence of the density . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4 Exercises 17
∗Department of Mathematics of Purdue University, USA, fbaudoin@math.purdue.edu
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1 Fractional Brownian motion
Weremindthatastochastic process (Xt)t≥0 defined on a probability space (Ω,F,P)
is said to be a Gaussian process if for every t ,··· ,t ∈ R , the random vec-
1 n ≥0
tor (X ,··· ,X ) is Gaussian. The distribution of a Gaussian process (X ) is
t tn t t≥0
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uniquely determined by its mean function
m(t) = E(Xt),
and its covariance function
R(s,t) = E((Xt −m(t))(Xs −m(s))).
We can observe that the covariance function R(s,t) is symmetric, that is R(s,t) =
R(t,s), and positive, that is for a ,...,a ∈ R and t ,...,t ∈ R ,
1 n 1 n ≥0
X aaR(t,t )= X aaE (X −m(t))(X −m(t ))
i j i j i j ti i tj j
1≤i,j≤n 1≤i,j≤n
!
n 2
=E X(X −m(t)) ≥0.
ti i
i=1
As an application of the Daniell-Kolmogorov theorem, it is possible to prove the
following basic existence result for Gaussian processes.
Proposition 1.1 Let m : R →RandletR:R ×R →Rbeasymmetricand
≥0 ≥0 ≥0
positive function. There exists a probability space (Ω,F,P) and a Gaussian process
(Xt)t≥0 defined on it, whose mean function is m and whose covariance function is
R.
Definition 1.2 Let H ∈ (0,1]. A continuous Gaussian process (Bt)t≥0 is called a
fractional Brownian motion with Hurst parameter H if its mean function is 0 and
its covariance function is
1 2H 2H 2H
R(s,t) = 2 t +s −|t−s|
Wemayobserve that for H = 1, the covariance function becomes
2
R(s,t) = min(s,t).
As a consequence, a fractional Brownian motion with Hurst parameter H = 1 is
2
a Brownian motion. If (Bt)t≥0 is a fractional Brownian motion with parameter H,
then we have
E(B −B )=0,
t s
2
and
2 2 2 2H
E((B −B ) ) = E(B )+E(B )−2E(B B )=|t−s| .
t s t s t s
We can deduce from this simple computation that fractional has stationary incre-
ments: For every h > 0, the two processes (B −B ) and (B ) have the same
t+h h t>0 t t≥0
distribution. Fractional Brownian motion also enjoys a scaling invariance property.
Indeed, for c > 0, we have
E(B B )=c2HE(BB ).
ct cs t s
Therefore, for every c > 0, the two processes (B ) and (cHB ) have the same
ct t≥0 t t≥0
distribution. Up to a constant, fractional Brownian motion is actually the only
continuous Gaussian process that enjoys the two above properties. We let the proof
of the following proposition as an exercise.
Proposition 1.3 Let (X ) be a continuous Gaussian process with stationary in-
t t≥0 H
crements such that for every c > 0, the two processes (Xct)t≥0 and (c Xt)t≥0 have
the same distribution. Then, there is a constant σ, such that Xt = σBt, where
(B ) is a fractional Brownian motion with parameter H.
t t≥0
Wenowturntotheregularity of fractional Brownian motion paths. In the theory of
stochastic processes, we often use the H¨older scale to quantify the regularity of the
paths of a process. Let γ ∈ [0,1]. A function f : [0,T] → R is said to be γ-H¨older
continuous if there exists a constant c ≥ 0 such that for every s,t ∈ [0,t],
|f(t) − f(s)| ≤ c|t − s|γ.
The most useful tool to study the H¨older regularity of stochastic processes is cer-
tainly the celebrated Kolmogorov continuity theorem.
Theorem 1.4 (Kolmogorovcontinuitytheorem)Letα,ε,c > 0. If a process (Xt)
satisfies for s,t ∈ [0,T], t∈[0,T]
α 1+ε
E(|Xt −Xs| ) ≤ c | t−s | ,
then there exists a modification of the process (Xt) that is a continuous process
t∈[0,T] ε
and whose paths are γ-H¨older continuous for every γ ∈ [0, α).
As a consequence of the Kolmogorov continuity theorem we deduce:
Proposition 1.5 Let (B ) be a fractional Brownian motion with parameter H.
t t≥0
For every T > 0 and 0 < ε < H , there is a finite random variable ηε,T such that
for every s,t ∈ [0,T],
H−ε
|B −B |≤η |t−s| , a.s.
t s ε,T
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Proof. As seen before, we have
2 2 2 2H
E((B −B ) ) = E(B )+E(B )−2E(B B )=|t−s| .
t s t s t s
More generally, due to the stationarity of the increments and the scaling property
of fractional Brownian motion, we have for every k ≥ 1/H,
k k Hk k
E(|B −B | ) = E(|B | ) = |t − s| E(|B | ).
t s t−s 1
As a consequence of the Kolmogorov continuity theorem we deduce that there is
˜
a modification (Bt) of the process (Bt) that is a continuous process and
t∈[0,T] t∈[0,T] 1 ˜
whose paths are γ-H¨older continuous for every γ ∈ [0,H − ). Since (Bt) and
k t∈[0,T]
(B ) are both continuous, we deduce that these two processes are actually the
t t∈[0,T]
same.
As a consequence of a result in [1], if (B ) is a fractional Brownian motion with
parameter H, then t t≥0
√Bu
P limsup H −1 = 1 =1.
u→0 u lnlnu
Hence, the paths of a fractional Brownian motion are not γ-H¨older for any γ ≥ H.
It is sometime useful to notice that fractional Brownian motion can actually be
constructed from the Brownian motion by using Wiener integrals.
Namely, if (βt)t≥0 is a Brownian motion, then the process
B =Z tK (t,s)dβ ,t ≥ 0 (1.1)
t H s
0
is a fractional Brownian motion with Hurst parameter H, where, if H > 1,
2
1−H Z t H−3 H−1
KH(t,s) = cHs2 (u−s) 2u 2du , t > s.
s
and c is a suitable normalization constant. When H < 1, the expression for
H 2
KH(t,s) is more difficult and we refer the interested reader to [3].
2 Young’sintegralsandstochasticdifferentialequa-
tions driven by fractional Brownian motions
2.1 Young’s integral and basic estimates
One of the main objectives in this course is to study solutions of stochastic differ-
ential equations that can be writen as
dX =b(X)dt+σ(X)dB,
t t t t
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