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Approximating diffusion reflections at elastic boundaries

Probability 2019-06-27 v2

Abstract

We show a probabilistic functional limit result for one-dimensional diffusion processes that are reflected at an elastic boundary which is a function of the reflection local time. Such processes are constructed as limits of a sequence of diffusions which are discretely reflected by small jumps at an elastic boundary, with reflection local times being approximated by ε\varepsilon-step processes. The construction yields the Laplace transform of the inverse local time for reflection. Processes and approximations of this type play a role in finite fuel problems of singular stochastic control.

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@article{arxiv.1710.06342,
  title  = {Approximating diffusion reflections at elastic boundaries},
  author = {Dirk Becherer and Todor Bilarev and Peter Frentrup},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.06342},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

To appear in Electronic Communications in Probability. Modified title and improved readability of some proofs upon referees' comments. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1603.06498