Brownian-time processes: The PDE connection and the half-derivative generator
成果类型：
Article
署名作者：
Allouba, H; Zheng, W
署名单位：
Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington; East China Normal University; University of California System; University of California Irvine; University of Massachusetts System; University of Massachusetts Amherst
刊物名称：
ANNALS OF PROBABILITY
ISSN/ISSBN：
0091-1798
发表日期：
2001
页码：
1780-1795
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摘要：
We introduce a class of interesting stochastic processes based on Brownian-time processes. These are obtained by taking Markov processes and replacing the time parameter with the modulus of Brownian motion. They generalize the iterated Brownian motion (IBM) of Burdzy and the Markov snake of Le Gall, and they introduce new interesting examples. After defining Brownian-time processes, we relate them to fourth order parabolic partial differential equations (PDE's). We then study their exit problem as they exit nice domains in R(d), and connect it to elliptic PDE's. We show that these processes have the peculiar property that they solve fourth order parabolic PDE's, but their exit distribution-at least in the standard Brownian time process case-solves the usual second order Dirichlet problem. We recover fourth order PDE's in the elliptic setting by encoding the iterative nature of the Brownian-time process, through its exit time, in a standard Brownian motion. We also show that it is possible to assign a formal generator to these non-Markovian processes by giving such a generator in the half-derivative sense.