Convex function through Doob-Meyer decomposition
Probability
2026-03-24 v1 Functional Analysis
Abstract
In this work, we aim to study a strong version of Ito's lemma for convex function. By considering the corresponding sub-martingale on a Brownian motion, we gain more insights about the convex function through a probabilistic viewpoint. The Doob-Meyer decomposition of this sub-martingale subsequently helps us deduce the Ito's lemma for convex function, and enables us to study a convex function via stochastic calculus. In particular, we use this version of Ito's lemma together probabilistic inequalities to recover an important analytic property of the convex function, which is its second-order differentiability.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2603.21671,
title = {Convex function through Doob-Meyer decomposition},
author = {Minh Nguyen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.21671},
year = {2026}
}