Girsanov's theorem for a constant drift #
Let W be a Brownian motion relative to a filtration ℱ under P, let θ : ℝ and T : ℝ≥0,
and let Q = P.tilted (θ * W T ·), the probability measure with density
exp (θ W_T - θ² T / 2) with respect to P. Then the process
W^Q_t = W_t - θ min(t, T)
is a Brownian motion relative to the same filtration ℱ, now under Q. On the horizon [0, T]
it is W_t - θ t; with θ = -κ for a market price of risk κ it is W_t + κ t. After time T
the density introduces no further drift: an increment of W starting at or after T keeps its
law N(0, t - s) and its independence from the past under Q.
As Q is absolutely continuous with respect to P, almost surely continuous paths of W give
almost surely continuous paths of W^Q, which is then a Brownian motion under Q in the sense of
ProbabilityTheory.IsBrownianReal.
Main declarations #
TauCeti.Probability.IsFilteredPreBrownianReal.hasLaw_sub_tilted_mul_eval_of_horizon_leandTauCeti.Probability.IsFilteredPreBrownianReal.indep_sub_tilted_mul_eval_of_horizon_le: increments starting at or after the tilting horizon.TauCeti.Probability.IsFilteredPreBrownianReal.sub_mul_min_tilted_mul_eval: Girsanov's theorem for a constant drift.TauCeti.Probability.IsFilteredPreBrownianReal.isBrownianReal_sub_mul_min_tilted_mul_eval: the same statement for a Brownian motion with continuous paths.
References #
- I. Karatzas, S. E. Shreve, Brownian Motion and Stochastic Calculus, Springer, 1991, §3.5.
- S. E. Shreve, Stochastic Calculus for Finance II: Continuous-Time Models, Springer, 2004, §5.2.
Once the tilting horizon T has passed, the density of the tilted measure is known: an event
known at time s ≥ T and an event of the increment W t - W s factor, the latter with its
original Gaussian probability.
An increment of W starting at or after the tilting horizon keeps its centered Gaussian law
under the tilted measure.
An increment of W starting at or after the tilting horizon remains independent of the past
under the tilted measure.
Girsanov's theorem for a constant drift. If W is a Brownian motion relative to ℱ
under P, then t ↦ W t - θ min(t, T) is a Brownian motion relative to ℱ under the measure
P.tilted (θ * W T ·), whose density with respect to P is exp (θ W_T - θ² T / 2).
Girsanov's theorem for a constant drift, with continuous paths. If moreover W has almost
surely continuous paths, then t ↦ W t - θ min(t, T) is a Brownian motion under the measure
P.tilted (θ * W T ·).