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On some errors related to the graduation of measuring instruments

Probability 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

The error on a real quantity Y due to the graduation of the measuring instrument may be represented, when the graduation is regular and fines down, by a Dirichlet form on R whose square field operator do not depend on the probability law of Y as soon as this law possesses a continuous density. This feature is related to the "arbitrary functions principle" (Poincar\'{e}, Hopf). We give extensions of this property to multivariate case and infinite dimensional case for approximations of the Brownian motion. We use a Girsanov theorem for Dirichlet forms which has its own interest. Connections are given with discretization of stochastic differential equations.

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@article{arxiv.math/0610355,
  title  = {On some errors related to the graduation of measuring instruments},
  author = {Nicolas Bouleau},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0610355},
  year   = {2007}
}

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