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On the path structure of a semimartingale arising from monotone probability theory

Probability 2008-05-22 v2

Abstract

Let XX be the unique normal martingale such that X0=0X_0=0 and d[X]t=(1tXt)dXt+dt\mathrm{d}[X]_t=(1-t-X_{t-}) \mathrm{d}X_t+\mathrm{d}t and let Yt:=Xt+tY_t:=X_t+t for all t0t\geq 0; the semimartingale YY arises in quantum probability, where it is the monotone-independent analogue of the Poisson process. The trajectories of YY are examined and various probabilistic properties are derived; in particular, the level set {t0\dvtYt=1}\{t\geq 0\dvt Y_t=1\} is shown to be non-empty, compact, perfect and of zero Lebesgue measure. The local times of YY are found to be trivial except for that at level 1; consequently, the jumps of YY are not locally summable.

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@article{arxiv.0709.3788,
  title  = {On the path structure of a semimartingale arising from monotone probability theory},
  author = {Alexander C. R. Belton},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0709.3788},
  year   = {2008}
}

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Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/07-AIHP116 the Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincar\'e - Probabilit\'es et Statistiques (http://www.imstat.org/aihp/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)