Cauchy process
In probability theory, a Cauchy process is a type of stochastic process. There are symmetric and asymmetric forms of the Cauchy process.[1] The unspecified term "Cauchy process" is often used to refer to the symmetric Cauchy process.[2]
The Cauchy process has a number of properties:
- It is a Lévy process[3][4][5]
- It is a stable process[1][2]
- It is a pure jump process[6]
- Its moments are infinite.
Symmetric Cauchy process
The symmetric Cauchy process can be described by a Brownian motion or Wiener process subject to a Lévy subordinator.[7] The Lévy subordinator is a process associated with a Lévy distribution having location parameter of and a scale parameter of .[7] The Lévy distribution is a special case of the inverse-gamma distribution. So, using to represent the Cauchy process and to represent the Lévy subordinator, the symmetric Cauchy process can be described as:
The Lévy distribution is the probability of the first hitting time for a Brownian motion, and thus the Cauchy process is essentially the result of two independent Brownian motion processes.[7]
The Lévy–Khintchine representation for the symmetric Cauchy process is a triplet with zero drift and zero diffusion, giving a Lévy–Khintchine triplet of , where .[8]
The marginal characteristic function of the symmetric Cauchy process has the form:[1][8]
The marginal probability distribution of the symmetric Cauchy process is the Cauchy distribution whose density is[8][9]
Asymmetric Cauchy process
The asymmetric Cauchy process is defined in terms of a parameter . Here is the skewness parameter, and its absolute value must be less than or equal to 1.[1] In the case where the process is considered a completely asymmetric Cauchy process.[1]
The Lévy–Khintchine triplet has the form , where , where , and .[1]
Given this, is a function of and .
The characteristic function of the asymmetric Cauchy distribution has the form:[1]
The marginal probability distribution of the asymmetric Cauchy process is a stable distribution with index of stability (i.e., α parameter) equal to 1.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Kovalenko, I.N.; et al. (1996). Models of Random Processes: A Handbook for Mathematicians and Engineers. CRC Press. pp. 210–211. ISBN 9780849328701.
- ^ a b Engelbert, H.J., Kurenok, V.P. & Zalinescu, A. (2006). "On Existence and Uniqueness of Reflected Solutions of Stochastic Equations Driven by Symmetric Stable Processes". In Kabanov, Y.; Liptser, R.; Stoyanov, J. (eds.). From Stochastic Calculus to Mathematical Finance: The Shiryaev Festschrift. Springer. p. 228. ISBN 9783540307884.
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