Sample-continuous process
In mathematics, a sample-continuous process is a stochastic process whose sample paths are almost surely continuous functions.
Definition
Let (Ω, Σ, P) be a probability space. Let X : I × Ω → S be a stochastic process, where the index set I and state space S are both topological spaces. Then the process X is called sample-continuous (or almost surely continuous, or simply continuous) if the map X(ω) : I → S is continuous as a function of topological spaces for P-almost all ω in Ω.
In many examples, the index set I is an interval of time, [0, T] or [0, +∞), and the state space S is the real line or n-dimensional Euclidean space Rn.
Examples
- Brownian motion (the Wiener process) on Euclidean space is sample-continuous.
- For "nice" parameters of the equations, solutions to stochastic differential equations are sample-continuous. See the existence and uniqueness theorem in the stochastic differential equations article for some sufficient conditions to ensure sample continuity.
- The process X : [0, +∞) × Ω → R that makes equiprobable jumps up or down every unit time according to
- is not sample-continuous. In fact, it is surely discontinuous.
Properties
- For sample-continuous processes, the finite-dimensional distributions determine the law, and vice versa.
See also
- Continuous stochastic process
References
- Kloeden, Peter E.; Platen, Eckhard (1992). Numerical solution of stochastic differential equations. Applications of Mathematics (New York) 23. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. pp. 38–39. ISBN 3-540-54062-8.
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