• Event Date: April 25, 2014
  • Event End Date: April 25, 2014
  • Event Start Time: 12:00 PM
  • Event End Time: 1:00 PM
  • Event Location: Hill 525
  • Event Type: Mathematical Finance and Probability Seminars
  • Extra Info: Jose Blanchet, Columbia University

Speaker: Jose Blanchet, Columbia University

ABSTRACT

Consider a stochastic differential equation (SDE) driven by Brownian Motion which possesses a strong solution in the interval [0,t]. Given any tolerance error, say epsilon, defined in advance, we explain how to simulate a piece-wise linear path which approximates the underlying SDE in uniform norm in [0,t] with an error less than epsilon with probability one. The technique, as we shall explain, takes advantage of continuity estimates, studied in the theory of rough paths, of the Ito-Lyons map defining the underlying the SDE. (This presentation is based on joint work with Xinyun Chen and Jing Dong.)