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Integration with respect to fractional local times with Hurst index HH greater than 1/2

Abstract

Let LH(x,t)=2H0tδ(BsHx)s2H1ds{\mathscr L}^H(x,t)=2H\int_0^t\delta(B^H_s-x)s^{2H-1}ds be the weighted local time of fractional Brownian motion BHB^H with Hurst index 1/2<H<11/2<H<1. In this paper, we use Young integration to study the integral of determinate functions Rf(x)LH(dx,t)\int_{\mathbb R}f(x){\mathscr L}^H(dx,t). As an application, we investigate the {\it weighted quadratic covariation} [f(BH),BH](W)[f(B^H),B^H]^{(W)} defined by [f(BH),BH]t(W):=limn2Hk=0n1k2H1{f(Btk+1H)f(BtkH)}(Btk+1HBtkH), [f(B^H),B^H]^{(W)}_t:=\lim_{n\to \infty}2H\sum_{k=0}^{n-1} k^{2H-1}\{f(B^H_{t_{k+1}})-f(B^H_{t_{k}})\}(B^H_{t_{k+1}}-B^H_{t_{k}}), where the limit is uniform in probability and tk=kt/nt_k=kt/n. We show that it exists and [f(BH),BH]t(W)=Rf(x)LH(dx,t), [f(B^H),B^H]^{(W)}_t=-\int_{\mathbb R}f(x){\mathscr L}^H(dx,t), provided ff is of bounded pp-variation with 1p<2H1H1\leq p<\frac{2H}{1-H}. Moreover, we extend this result to the time-dependent case. These allow us to write the fractional It\^{o} formula for new classes of functions.

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