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Introduction to Malliavin CalculusThis textbook offers a compact introductory course on Malliavin calculus, an active and powerful area of research. It covers recent applications, including density formulas, regularity of probability laws, central and non-central limit theorems for Gaussian functionals, convergence of densities and non-central limit theorems for the local time of Brownian motion. The book also includes a self-contained presentation of Brownian motion and stochastic calculus, as well as Lévy processes and stochastic calculus for jump processes. Accessible to non-experts, the book can be used by graduate students and researchers to develop their mastery of the core techniques necessary for further study. |
Contents
Stochastic Calculus | 18 |
Derivative and Divergence Operators | 50 |
Wiener Chaos | 63 |
OrnsteinUhlenbeck Semigroup | 74 |
Stochastic Integral Representations | 87 |
Study of Densities | 105 |
Normal Approximations | 131 |
Jump Processes | 158 |
Malliavin Calculus for Jump Processes I | 182 |
Malliavin Calculus for Jump Processes II | 201 |
Exercises | 220 |
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