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Hitting probabilities for general Gaussian processes

Probability 2014-03-10 v2

Abstract

For a scalar Gaussian process BB on R+\mathbb{R}_{+} with a prescribed general variance function γ2(r)=Var(B(r))\gamma^{2}\left(r\right) =\mathrm{Var}\left(B\left(r\right) \right) and a canonical metric E[(B(t)B(s))2]\mathrm{E}[\left(B\left(t\right) -B\left(s\right) \right) ^{2}] which is commensurate with γ2(ts)\gamma^{2}\left(t-s\right) , we estimate the probability for a vector of dd iid copies of BB to hit a bounded set AA in Rd\mathbb{R}^{d}, with conditions on γ\gamma which place no restrictions of power type or of approximate self-similarity, assuming only that γ\gamma is continuous, increasing, and concave, with γ(0)=0\gamma\left(0\right) =0 and γ(0+)=+\gamma^{\prime}\left(0+\right) =+\infty. We identify optimal base (kernel) functions which depend explicitly on γ\gamma, to derive upper and lower bounds on the hitting probability in terms of the corresponding generalized Hausdorff measure and non-Newtonian capacity of AA respectively. The proofs borrow and extend some recent progress for hitting probabilities estimation, including the notion of two-point local-nondeterminism in Bierm\'{e}, Lacaux, and Xiao \cite{Bierme:09}.

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@article{arxiv.1305.1758,
  title  = {Hitting probabilities for general Gaussian processes},
  author = {E. Nualart and F. Viens},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1305.1758},
  year   = {2014}
}
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