The calculation of expectations for classes of diffusion processes by Lie symmetry methods

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Abstract: This paper uses Lie symmetry methods to calculate certain expectations for a large class of It^{o} diffusions. We show that if the problem has sufficient symmetry, then the problem of computing functionals of the form Ex(elambdaXtint0tg(Xs)ds) can be reduced to evaluating a single integral of known functions. Given a drift f we determine the functions g for which the corresponding functional can be calculated by symmetry. Conversely, given g, we can determine precisely those drifts f for which the transition density and the functional may be computed by symmetry. Many examples are presented to illustrate the method.




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