Finiteness of integrals of functions of lévy processes

K. Bruce Erickson, Ross A. Maller

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    Abstract

    We prove necessary and sufficient conditions for the almost sure convergence of the integrals ∫1∞ g(a(t)+ Mt) df (t)and ∫01 g(a(t) + Mt) df (t), and thus of ∫ 0∞ g(a(t) + Mt)df (t), where Mt = sup{|X s| : s ≤ t} is the two-sided maximum process corresponding to a Lévy process (Xt)t≥o, a (̇) is a non-decreasing function on [0, ∞)with a(0) =0, g(-)is a positive non-increasing function on (0, ∞), possibly with g(0+) = ∞,and f (̇) is a positive non-decreasing function on [0, ∞)with f (0) = 0. The conditions are expressed in terms of the canonical measure, Il(̇), of the process X t. The special case when a(x) = 0, f (x) = x and g(̇) isequivalenttothe tail of Il(atzeroorinfinity) leads to an interesting comparison of Mt with the largest jump of Xt in (0,t]. ome results concerning the convergence at zero and infinity of integrals like ∫g(a(t) + |X t|)dt, ∫ g(St) dt, and ∫g(Rt) dt,where St is the supremum process and Rt = St - X t is the process reflected in its supremum, are also given. We also consider the convergence of integrals such as ∫0∞ Eg(a(t) + Mt) df (t), etc.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)386-420
    Number of pages35
    JournalProceedings of the London Mathematical Society
    Volume94
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Mar 2007

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