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Total variation distance between SDEs with stable noise and Brownian motion

Probability 2025-11-25 v2

Abstract

We consider a dd-dimensional stochastic differential equation (SDE) of the form dUt=b(Ut)dt+σdZtd U_t = b(U_t) dt + \sigma\,d Z_t, let XtX_t be the solution if the driving noise ZtZ_t is a dd-dimensional rotationally symmetric α\alpha-stable process (1<α<21<\alpha<2), and let YtY_t be the solution if the driving noise is a dd-dimensional Brownian motion. Continuing the work of [Deng,Schilling, Xu, Bernoulli, 23], we derive an estimate of the total variation distance L(Xt)law(Yt)TV\|{\rm L} (X_{t})-{\rm law}(Y_{t})\|_{\rm TV} for all t>0t>0, and we show that the ergodic measures μα\mu_\alpha and μ2\mu_2 of XtX_t and YtY_t, respectively, satisfy μαμ2TVCdlog(1+d)α1(2α).\|\mu_\alpha-\mu_2\|_{\rm TV} \leq \frac{Cd\log(1+d)}{\alpha-1}(2-\alpha). We shall show that this bound is optimal with respect to α\alpha by an Ornstein--Uhlenbeck SDE. Combining this bound with a recent interpolation result from \cite{HRW23}, we can derive a bound in Wasserstein-pp distance (0<p<10< p <1): \begin{gather*} \|\mu_\alpha-\mu_2\|_{W_p} \leq\frac{Cd^{(p+3)/2}\log(1+d)}{\alpha-1} (2-\alpha). \end{gather*} {\bf Key Words:} Total variation distance, Wasserstein-pp distance, stochastic differential equation, Poisson equation, stable process.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2407.21306,
  title  = {Total variation distance between SDEs with stable noise and Brownian motion},
  author = {Changsong Deng and Xiang Li and Rene L. Schilling and Lihu Xu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.21306},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

To appear in Journal of Applied Probability. In this new version, we have the following revisions: (1) revise the title, (2) delete the application to Poisson equations, (3) add an appendix about reflection coupling, (4) add several references