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By using the Malliavin calculus and solving a control problem, Bismut type derivative formulae are established for a class of degenerate diffusion semigroups with non-linear drifts. As applications, explicit gradient estimates and Harnack…

As a generalization to the heat semigroup on the Heisenberg group, the diffusion semigroup generated by the subelliptic operator $L:=\ff 1 2 \sum_{i=1}^m X_i^2$ on $\R^{m+d}:= \R^m\times\R^d$ is investigated, where $$X_i(x,y)= \sum_{k=1}^m…

Let $(P_t)$ be the transition semigroup of the Markov family $(X^x(t))$ defined by SDE $$ d X= b(X) dt + d Z, \qquad X(0)=x, $$ where $Z=\left(Z_1, \ldots, Z_d\right)^*$ is a system of independent real-valued L\'evy processes. Using the…

By constructing successful couplings, the derivative formula, gradient estimates and Harnack inequalities are established for the semigroup associated with a class of degenerate functional stochastic differential equations.

By using Malliavin calculus, explicit derivative formulae are established for a class of semi-linear functional stochastic partial differential equations with additive or multiplicative noise. As applications, gradient estimates and Harnack…

Gradient estimates are derived, for the first time, for the semigroup associated to a class of stochastic differential equations driven by multiplicative L\'evy noise. In particular, the estimates are sharp for $\alpha$-stable type noises.…

For a semigroup $P_t$ generated by an elliptic operator on a smooth manifold $M$, we use straightforward martingale arguments to derive probabilistic formulae for $P_t(V(f))$, not involving derivatives of $f$, where $V$ is a vector field on…

We develop a unified PDE-probabilistic framework for pointwise gradient and Hessian estimates of Markov semigroups associated with stochastic differential equations with singular and unbounded coefficients. Under mild local structural…

In this article, we first establish derivative formulae for fractional Gruschin type process, which generalize the result of Wang (J Theor Probab 27:80--95, Theorem 1.1, 2012). Since we work on a non-Markovian context, some technical…

We give an example of quasiderivatives constructed by random time change, Girsanov's Theorem and Levy's Theorem. As an application, we investigate the smoothness and estimate the derivatives up to second order for the probabilistic solution…

For degenerate stochastic differential equations driven by fractional Brownian motions with Hurst parameter $H>1/2$, the derivative formulas are established by using Malliavin calculus and coupling method, respectively. Furthermore, we find…

By constructing a coupling in two steps and using the Girsanov theorem under a regular conditional probability, the log-Harnack inequality is established for a large class of Gruschin type semigroups whose generator might be both degenerate…

By using coupling method, a Bismut type derivative formula is established for the Markov semigroup associated to a class of hyperdissipative stochastic Navier-Stokes/Burgers equations. As applications, gradient estimates, dimension-free…

Let $P(\partial/\partial x)$ be an $m\times n$ matrix whose entries are PDO on $\bbR^n$ with constant coefficients, and let $\calS(\bbR^n)$ be the space of infinitely differentiable rapidly decreasing functions on $\bbR^n$. It is proved…

This survey describes the method of approximation of operator semigroups, based on the Chernoff theorem. We outline recent results in this domain as well as clarify relations between constructed approximations, stochastic processes,…

We analyze degenerate, second-order, elliptic operators $H$ in divergence form on $L_2({\bf R}^{n}\times{\bf R}^{m})$. We assume the coefficients are real symmetric and $a_1H_\delta\geq H\geq a_2H_\delta$ for some $a_1,a_2>0$ where \[…

We prove gradient estimates for transition Markov semigroups $(P_t)$ associated to SDEs driven by multiplicative Brownian noise having possibly unbounded $C^1$-coefficients, without requiring any monotonicity type condition. In particular,…

By the approximation method introduced in \cite{FYW}, the existence and uniqueness are proved for a class of distribution-dependent stochastic functional differential equations (DDSFDEs). Moreover, combining the Harnack and shift-Harnack…

The higher step Grushin operators $\Delta_{\alpha}$ are a family of sub-elliptic operators which degenerate on a sub-manifold of $\mathbb{R}^{n+m}$. This paper establishes Carleman-type inequalities for these operators. It is achieved by…

By using the Malliavin calculus and finite jump approximations, the Driver-type integration by parts formula is established for the semigroup associated to stochastic (partial) differential equations with noises containing a subordinate…