A set-indexed Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process

The purpose of this article is a set-indexed extension of the well-known Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process. The first part is devoted to a stationary definition of the random field and ends up with the proof of a complete characterization by its $L^2$-continuity, stationarity and set-indexed Markov properties. This specific Markov transition system allows to define a general \emph{set-indexed Ornstein-Uhlenbeck (SIOU) process} with any initial probability measure. Finally, in the multiparameter case, the SIOU process is proved to admit a natural integral representation.Comment: 13 page

The Multiparameter Fractional Brownian Motion

We define and study the multiparameter fractional Brownian motion. This process is a generalization of both the classical fractional Brownian motion and the multiparameter Brownian motion, when the condition of independence is relaxed. Relations with the L\'evy fractional Brownian motion and with the fractional Brownian sheet are discussed. Different notions of stationarity of the increments for a multiparameter process are studied and applied to the fractional property. Using self-similarity we present a characterization for such processes. Finally, behavior of the multiparameter fractional Brownian motion along increasing paths is analysed.Comment: 9 page

Local H\"older regularity for set-indexed processes

In this paper, we study the H\"older regularity of set-indexed stochastic processes defined in the framework of Ivanoff-Merzbach. The first key result is a Kolmogorov-like H\"older-continuity Theorem, whose novelty is illustrated on an example which could not have been treated with anterior tools. Increments for set-indexed processes are usually not simply written as $X_U-X_V$, hence we considered different notions of H\"older-continuity. Then, the localization of these properties leads to various definitions of H\"older exponents, which we compare to one another. In the case of Gaussian processes, almost sure values are proved for these exponents, uniformly along the sample paths. As an application, the local regularity of the set-indexed fractional Brownian motion is proved to be equal to the Hurst parameter uniformly, with probability one.Comment: 32 page

A Characterization of the Set-indexed Fractional Brownian Motion by Increasing Paths

We prove that a set-indexed process is a set-indexed fractional Brownian motion if and only if its projections on all the increasing paths are one-parameter time changed fractional Brownian motions. As an application, we present an integral representation for such processes.Comment: 6 page

Stochastic 2-microlocal analysis

A lot is known about the H\"older regularity of stochastic processes, in particular in the case of Gaussian processes. Recently, a finer analysis of the local regularity of functions, termed 2-microlocal analysis, has been introduced in a deterministic frame: through the computation of the so-called 2-microlocal frontier, it allows in particular to predict the evolution of regularity under the action of (pseudo-) differential operators. In this work, we develop a 2-microlocal analysis for the study of certain stochastic processes. We show that moments of the increments allow, under fairly general conditions, to obtain almost sure lower bounds for the 2-microlocal frontier. In the case of Gaussian processes, more precise results may be obtained: the incremental covariance yields the almost sure value of the 2-microlocal frontier. As an application, we obtain new and refined regularity properties of fractional Brownian motion, multifractional Brownian motion, stochastic generalized Weierstrass functions, Wiener and stable integrals.Comment: 35 page

From almost sure local regularity to almost sure Hausdorff dimension for Gaussian fields

Fine regularity of stochastic processes is usually measured in a local way by local H\"older exponents and in a global way by fractal dimensions. Following a previous work of Adler, we connect these two concepts for multiparameter Gaussian random fields. More precisely, we prove that almost surely the Hausdorff dimensions of the range and the graph in any ball $B(t_0,\rho)$ are bounded from above using the local H\"older exponent at $t_0$. We define the deterministic local sub-exponent of Gaussian processes, which allows to obtain an almost sure lower bound for these dimensions. Moreover, the Hausdorff dimensions of the sample path on an open interval are controlled almost surely by the minimum of the local exponents. Then, we apply these generic results to the cases of the multiparameter fractional Brownian motion, the multifractional Brownian motion whose regularity function $H$ is irregular and the generalized Weierstrass function, whose Hausdorff dimensions were unknown so far.Comment: 28 page

2-microlocal analysis of martingales and stochastic integrals

Recently, a new approach in the fine analysis of stochastic processes sample paths has been developed to predict the evolution of the local regularity under (pseudo-)differential operators. In this paper, we study the sample paths of continuous martingales and stochastic integrals. We proved that the almost sure 2-microlocal frontier of a martingale can be obtained through the local regularity of its quadratic variation. It allows to link the H\"older regularity of a stochastic integral to the regularity of the integrand and integrator processes. These results provide a methodology to predict the local regularity of diffusions from the fine analysis of its coefficients. We illustrate our work with examples of martingales with unusual complex regularity behavior and square of Bessel processes.Comment: 40 pages, 3 figure