Conditioning of Gaussian processes and a zero area Brownian bridge

arXiv1302.4186MaRDI QIDQ6239698FDOQ6239698

Authors: Maik Görgens 

Publication date: 18 February 2013

Abstract: We generalize the notion of Gaussian bridges by conditioning Gaussian processes given that certain linear functionals of the sample paths vanish. We show the equivalence of the laws of the unconditioned and the conditioned process and by an application of Girsanov's theorem, we show that the conditioned process follows a stochastic differential equation (SDE) whenever the unconditioned process does. In the Markovian case, we are able to determine the coefficients in the SDE of the conditioned process explicitly. Our main example is Brownian motion on $[0,1]$ pinned down in 0 at time 1 and conditioned to have vanishing area spanned by the sample paths.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Gaussian processes (60G15) Brownian motion (60J65) Stochastic ordinary differential equations (aspects of stochastic analysis) (60H10)

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