Approximations of Stochastic Partial Differential Equations

In this paper we show that solutions of stochastic partial differential equations driven by Brownian motion can be approximated by stochastic partial differential equations forced by pure jump noise/random kicks. Applications to stochastic Burgers equations are discussed

A Malliavin-Skorohod calculus in L0L^0 and L1L^1 for additive and Volterra-type processes

In this paper we develop a Malliavin-Skorohod type calculus for additive processes in the $L^0$ and $L^1$ settings, extending the probabilistic interpretation of the Malliavin-Skorohod operators to this context. We prove calculus rules and obtain a generalization of the Clark-Hausmann-Ocone formula for random variables in $L^1$. Our theory is then applied to extend the stochastic integration with respect to volatility modulated L\'evy-driven Volterra processes recently introduced in the literature. Our work yields to substantially weaker conditions that permit to cover integration with respect, e.g. to Volterra processes driven by $\alpha$-stable processes with $\alpha < 2$. The presentation focuses on jump type processes.Comment: 27 page

Robustness of quadratic hedging strategies in finance via backward stochastic differential equations with jumps

We consider a backward stochastic differential equation with jumps (BSDEJ) which is driven by a Brownian motion and a Poisson random measure. We present two candidate-approximations to this BSDEJ and we prove that the solution of each candidate- approximation converges to the solution of the original BSDEJ in a space which we specify. We use this result to investigate in further detail the consequences of the choice of the model to (partial) hedging in incomplete markets in finance. As an application, we consider models in which the small variations in the price dynamics are modeled with a Poisson random measure with infinite activity and models in which these small variations are modeled with a Brownian motion. Using the convergence results on BSDEJs, we show that quadratic hedging strategies are robust towards the choice of the model and we derive an estimation of the model risk

Stime di Smoothing-Strichartz per NLS ed applicazioni

In questa tesi abbiamo voluto ottenere delle stime di tipo Strichartz per NLS con potenziale elettrostatico non passando per i classici metodi dell'analisi funzionale generalmente usati nel caso di laplaciano libero. Prendendo spunto da lavori di Burq e Kato abbiamo ricavato tali stime nel caso n maggiore o uguale a 3. Inoltre, a livello applicato, attraverso delle simulazioni numeriche si è voluto esplicitare il fatto che sotto certe condizioni tali stime a priori risultano ingannevoli e quindi false

On the approximation of L\'evy driven Volterra processes and their integrals

Volterra processes appear in several applications ranging from turbulence to energy finance where they are used in the modelling of e.g. temperatures and wind and the related financial derivatives. Volterra processes are in general non-semimartingales and a theory of integration with respect to such processes is in fact not standard. In this work we suggest to construct an approximating sequence of L\'evy driven Volterra processes, by perturbation of the kernel function. In this way, one can obtain an approximating sequence of semimartingales. Then we consider fractional integration with respect to Volterra processes as integrators and we study the corresponding approximations of the fractional integrals. We illustrate the approach presenting the specific study of the Gamma-Volterra processes. Examples and illustrations via simulation are given.Comment: 39 pages, 3 figure

Sensitivity analysis in a market with memory

A general market model with memory is considered in terms of stochastic functional differential equations. We aim at representation formulae for the sensitivity analysis of the dependence of option prices on the memory. This implies a generalization of the concept of delta.Comment: Withdrawn by the authors due to an error in equation (2.6). A new work is in preparatio