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On the absolute continuity of multidimensional Ornstein-Uhlenbeck processes

Probability 2009-08-27 v1

Abstract

Let XX be a nn-dimensional Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process, solution of the S.D.E. \dXt=AXt\dt+\dBt\d X_t = AX_t \d t + \d B_t where AA is a real n×nn\times n matrix and BB a L\'evy process without Gaussian part. We show that when AA is non-singular, the law of X1X_1 is absolutely continuous in \r^n if and only if the jumping measure of BB fulfils a certain geometric condition with respect to A,A, which we call the exhaustion property. This optimal criterion is much weaker than for the background driving L\'evy process BB, which might be very singular and sometimes even have a one-dimensional discrete jumping measure. It also solves a difficult problem for a certain class of multivariate Non-Gaussian infinitely divisible distributions.

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@article{arxiv.0908.3736,
  title  = {On the absolute continuity of multidimensional Ornstein-Uhlenbeck processes},
  author = {Thomas Simon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0908.3736},
  year   = {2009}
}
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