Non-linear functionals of the Brownian bridge and some applications

Let {b^F(t),t∈0,1]} be an F-Brownian bridge process. We study the asymptotic behaviour of non-linear functionals of regularizations by convolution of this process and apply these results to the estimation of the variance of a non-homogeneous diffusion and to the convergence of the number of crossings of a level by the regularized process to a modification of the local time of the Brownian bridge as the regularization parameter goes to 0.