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# On Girsanov's transform for backward stochastic differential equations

11/2010;
Source: arXiv

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By using a simple observation that the density processes appearing in Ito's martingale representation theorem are invariant under the change of measures, we establish a non-linear version of the Cameron-Martin formula for solutions of a class of systems of quasi-linear parabolic equations with non-linear terms of quadratic growth. We also construct a local stochastic flow and establish a Bismut type formula for such system of quasi-linear PDEs. Gradient estimates are obtained in terms of the probability representation of the solution. Another interesting aspect indicated in the paper is the connection between the non-linear Cameron-Martin formula and a class of forward-backward stochastic differential equations(FBSDEs). Comment: 21 pages

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ABSTRACT: In this paper we investigate the nature of the adapted solutions to a class of forward-backward stochastic differential equations (SDEs for short) in which the forward equation is non-degenerate. We prove that in this case the adapted solution can always be sought in an ordinary sense over an arbitrarily prescribed time duration, via a direct Four Step Scheme. Using this scheme, we further prove that the backward components of the adapted solution are determined explicitly by the forward components via the solution of a certain quasilinear parabolic PDE system. Moreover the uniqueness of the adapted solutions (over an arbitrary time duration), as well as the continuous dependence of the solutions on the parameters, can all be proved within this unified framework. Some special cases are studied separately. In particular, we derive a new form of the integral representation of the Clark-Haussmann-Ocone type for functionals (or functions) of diffusions, in which the conditional expectation is no longer needed.
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