Coupling and exponential ergodicity for stochastic differential equations driven by Lévy processes

We present a novel idea for a coupling of solutions of stochastic differential equations driven by Lévy noise, inspired by some results from the optimal transportation theory. Then we use this coupling to obtain exponential contractivity of the semigroups associated with these solutions with respect to an appropriately chosen Kantorovich distance. As a corollary, we obtain exponential convergence rates in the total variation and standard $L^1$-Wasserstein distances.     

Successful couplings for a class of stochastic differential equations driven by Lévy processes

By constructing proper coupling operators for the integro-differential type Markov generator, we establish the existence of a successful coupling for a class of stochastic differential equations driven by Lévy processes. Our result implies a new Liouville theorem for space-time bounded harmonic functions with respect to the underlying Markov semigroups, and it is sharp for Ornstein-Uhlenbeck processes driven by ??-stable Lévy processes.     

Remark on pathwise uniqueness of stochastic differential equations driven by Lévy processes

Consider real-valued processes determined by stochastic differential equations driven by Lévy processes. The jump parts of the driving Lévy process are not always α-stable ones, nor symmetric ones. In the present article, we shall study the pathwise uniqueness of the solutions to the stochastic differential equations under the conditions on the coefficients that the diffusion and the jump terms are Hölder continuous, while the drift one is monotonic. Our approach is based on Gronwall’s inequality.     

Lévy driven CARMA generalized processes and stochastic partial differential equations

We give a new definition of a Lévy driven CARMA random field, defining it as a generalized solution of a stochastic partial differential equation (SPDE). Furthermore, we give sufficient conditions for the existence of a mild solution of our SPDE. Our model unifies all known definitions of CARMA random fields, and in particular for dimension 1 we obtain the classical CARMA process.     

Ergodicity of stochastic Boussinesq equations driven by Lévy processes

We consider a class of stochastic Boussinesq equations driven by Lévy processes and establish the uniqueness of its invariant measure. The proof is based on the progressive stopping time technique.     

Successful couplings for a class of stochastic differential equations driven by Lvy processes

By constructing proper coupling operators for the integro-differential type Markov generator,we establish the existence of a successful coupling for a class of stochastic differential equations driven by L’evy processes.Our result implies a new Liouville theorem for space-time bounded harmonic functions with respect to the underlying Markov semigroups,and it is sharp for Ornstein-Uhlenbeck processes driven by α-stable L’evy processes.     

Anticipative calculus for Lévy processes and stochastic differential equations*

We develop an anticipative calculus for Lévy processes with finite second moment for analysing anticipating stochastic differential equations. The calculus is based on the chaos expansion of square-integrable random variables in terms of iterated integrals with respect to the compensated Poisson random measure. We define a space of smooth and generalized random variables in terms of such chaos expansions, and present anticipative stochastic integration, the Wick product and the so-called 𝒮-transform. These concepts serve as tools for studying general Wick type stochastic differential equations with anticipative initial conditions. We apply the 𝒮-transform to find the unique solutions to a class of linear stochastic differential equations. The solutions can be expressed in terms of the Wick product.     

Local linear estimator for stochastic differential equations driven by α-stable Lévy motions

We study the local linear estimator for the drift coefficient of stochastic differential equations driven by α-stable Lévy motions observed at discrete instants. Under regular conditions, we derive the weak consistency and central limit theorem of the estimator. Compared with Nadaraya-Watson estimator, the local linear estimator has a bias reduction whether the kernel function is symmetric or not under different schemes. A simulation study demonstrates that the local linear estimator performs better than Nadaraya-Watson estimator, especially on the boundary.     

Reflected backward doubly stochastic differential equations driven by a Lévy process

We prove the existence and uniqueness of a solution for reflected backward doubly stochastic differential equations (RBDSDEs) driven by Teugels martingales associated with a Lévy process, in which the obstacle process is right continuous with left limits (càdlàg), via Snell envelope and the fixed point theorem.     

Unique strong solutions of Lévy processes driven stochastic differential equations with discontinuous coefficients

We study the strong solutions for a class of one-dimensional stochastic differential equations driven by a Brownian motion and a pure jump Lévy process. Under fairly general conditions on the coefficients, we prove the pathwise uniqueness by showing the weak uniqueness and applying a local time technique.     

Almost automorphic solutions for stochastic differential equations driven by Lévy noise with exponential dichotomy

In this article, we study almost automorphic solutions for semilinear stochastic differential equations driven by Lévy noise. We establish the existence and uniqueness of bounded solutions by using the Banach fixed point theorem, the exponential dichotomy property and stochastic analysis techniques. Furthermore, this unique bounded solution is almost automorphic in distribution under slightly stronger conditions. We also give two examples to illustrate our results.     

Doubly-weighted pseudo almost automorphic solutions for nonlinear stochastic differential equations driven by Lévy noise

This paper introduces the definitions of Poisson doubly-weighted pseudo almost automorphy and doubly-weighted pseudo almost automorphy (DWPAA) in distribution. Based on some suitable assumptions, we establish some basic theory for these definitions, and investigate the existence, uniqueness and exponential stability of the DWPAA solution in distribution for a class of nonlinear stochastic differential equations driven by Lévy noise. Finally, an example is further given to illustrate the effectiveness of our results.     

Asymptotically almost automorphic solutions to stochastic differential equations driven by a Lévy process

In this paper, a new concept of Poisson asymptotically almost automorphy for stochastic processes is introduced. And then, some fundamental properties including composition theorems for the space of such processes are proved. Subsequently, this concept is applied to investigate the existence and uniqueness of asymptotically almost automorphic solutions in distribution to some linear and semilinear stochastic differential equations driven by a Lévy process under some suitable conditions. Finally, an example is given to illustrate the main results.     

On the pathwise uniqueness of solutions of stochastic differential equations driven by symmetric stable Lévy processes1

We investigate a sufficient condition for pathwise uniqueness property for 1D stochastic differential equation driven by symmetric α-stable Lévy process, where α ∈ (1, 2).     

Martingale solutions for the three-dimensional stochastic nonhomogeneous incompressible Navier–Stokes equations driven by Lévy processes

In this paper, the three-dimensional stochastic nonhomogeneous incompressible Navier–Stokes equations driven by Lévy processes consisting of the Brownian motion, the compensated Poisson random measure and the Poisson random measure are considered in a bounded domain. We obtain the existence of martingale solutions. The construction of the solution is based on the classical Galerkin approximation method, the stopping times, the stochastic compactness method and the Jakubowski–Skorokhod theorem.     

A note on the doubly reflected backward stochastic differential equations driven by a Lévy process

In this note, we study the doubly reflected backward stochastic differential equations driven by Teugels martingales associated with a Lévy process (DRBSDELs for short). In our framework, the reflecting barriers are allowed to have general jumps. Under the Mokobodski condition, by means of the Snell envelope theory as well as the fixed point theory, we show the existence and uniqueness of the solution of the DRBSDELs. Some known results are generalized.     

Small time and semiclassical asymptotics for stochastic heat equations driven by Lévy noise

The paper is devoted to the study of stochastic heat equations driven by Lévy noise. Applying the WKB method, we obtain multiplicative small time and semiclassical asymptotics for the Green functions and for solutions of the Cauchy problem for the heat equation under some natural additional assumptions on their coefficients. The first step in this construction consists in solving the corresponding stochastic Hamilton-Jacobi equations which constitute the "classical part" of the semiclassical approximation. In its turn, the corresponding Hamilton-Jacobi equations can be solved via solutions of the corresponding Hamiltonian systems, which gives rise to the method of stochastic characteristics. The relevant theory of stochastic Hamiltonian systems and stochastic Hamilton-Jacobi equations was developed in our previous papers. Here we put the final rung on the ladder: stochastic Hamiltonian systems, stochastic Hamilton-Jacobi equations, stochastic heat equations.     

Statistical inference for misspecified ergodic Lévy driven stochastic differential equation models

We consider the estimation problem of misspecified ergodic Lévy driven stochastic differential equation models based on high-frequency samples. We utilize a widely applicable and tractable Gaussian quasi-likelihood approach which focuses on mean and variance structure. It is shown that the Gaussian quasi-likelihood estimators of the drift and scale parameters still satisfy polynomial type probability estimates and asymptotic normality at the same rate as the correctly specified case. In their derivation process, the theory of extended Poisson equation for time-homogeneous Feller Markov processes plays an important role. Our result confirms the reliability of the Gaussian quasi-likelihood approach for SDE models.     

Pseudo almost automorphic solution to stochastic differential equation driven by Lévy process

Almost automorphic is a particular case of the recurrent motion, which has been studied in differential equations for a long time. We introduce square-mean pseudo almost automorphic and some of its properties, and then study the pseudo almost automorphic solution in the distribution sense to stochastic differential equation driven by Lévy process.     

Periodic averaging method for impulsive stochastic differential equations with Lévy noise

The purpose of this paper is to present a periodic averaging method for impulsive stochastic differential equations with Lévy noise under non-Lipschitz condition. It is shown that the solutions of impulsive stochastic differential equations with Lévy noise converge to the solutions of the corresponding averaged stochastic differential equations without impulses