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Stochastic differential equations with coefficients in Sobolev spaces

Probability 2010-01-19 v1

Abstract

We consider It\^o SDE \dXt=j=1mAj(Xt)\dwtj+A0(Xt)\dt\d X_t=\sum_{j=1}^m A_j(X_t) \d w_t^j + A_0(X_t) \d t on Rd\R^d. The diffusion coefficients A1,...,AmA_1,..., A_m are supposed to be in the Sobolev space Wloc1,p(Rd)W_\text{loc}^{1,p} (\R^d) with p>dp>d, and to have linear growth; for the drift coefficient A0A_0, we consider two cases: (i) A0A_0 is continuous whose distributional divergence δ(A0)\delta(A_0) w.r.t. the Gaussian measure γd\gamma_d exists, (ii) A0A_0 has the Sobolev regularity Wloc1,pW_\text{loc}^{1,p'} for some p>1p'>1. Assume Rdexp[λ0(δ(A0)+j=1m(δ(Aj)2+Aj2))]\dγd<+\int_{\R^d} \exp\big[\lambda_0\bigl(|\delta(A_0)| + \sum_{j=1}^m (|\delta(A_j)|^2 +|\nabla A_j|^2)\bigr)\big] \d\gamma_d<+\infty for some λ0>0\lambda_0>0, in the case (i), if the pathwise uniqueness of solutions holds, then the push-forward (X_t)_# \gamma_d admits a density with respect to γd\gamma_d. In particular, if the coefficients are bounded Lipschitz continuous, then XtX_t leaves the Lebesgue measure \Lebd\Leb_d quasi-invariant. In the case (ii), we develop a method used by G. Crippa and C. De Lellis for ODE and implemented by X. Zhang for SDE, to establish the existence and uniqueness of stochastic flow of maps.

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@article{arxiv.1001.3007,
  title  = {Stochastic differential equations with coefficients in Sobolev spaces},
  author = {Shizan Fang and Dejun Luo and Anto Thalmaier},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1001.3007},
  year   = {2010}
}

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31 pages

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