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Wick integrals

Probability 2025-12-18 v1

Abstract

We introduce the Wick integral stp(Xu)dXu\int_s^t p(X_u) \Diamond \mathrm{d} X_u for a class of stochastic processes XX which are not necessarily Gaussian, in the regime of bounded 2>q2> q-variation. The integral is defined for polynomial integrands, and has the property of being centred if XX is such. In the case of 1/2<H1/2 < H-fractional Brownian motion, the Wick integral agrees with the divergence operator in Malliavin calculus. It satisfies a correction formula with the Young integral p(X)dX\int p(X)\mathrm{d} X and an It\^o formula which have arbitrarily many correction terms (only limited by the degree of pp), given by integration against the cumulant functions of XX, and reduce to familiar identities in the Gaussian case. These results are obtained by first developing diagram formulae for Appell polynomials. Our theory applies to a range of processes taking values in bounded Wiener chaos, such as the Rosenblatt process.

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@article{arxiv.2512.14986,
  title  = {Wick integrals},
  author = {Carlo Bellingeri and Emilio Ferrucci},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.14986},
  year   = {2025}
}