Hairer, Martin. (2011) On Malliavinʼs proof of Hörmanderʼs theorem. Bulletin des Sciences Mathématiques, Vol.135 (No.6-7). pp. 650-666. ISSN 0007-4497

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Abstract

The aim of this note is to provide a short and self-contained proof of Hörmanderʼs theorem about the smoothness of transition probabilities for a diffusion under Hörmanderʼs “brackets condition”. While both the result and the technique of proof are well known, the exposition given here is novel in two aspects. First, we introduce Malliavin calculus in an “intuitive” way, without using Wienerʼs chaos decomposition. While this may make it difficult to prove some of the standard results in Malliavin calculus (boundedness of the derivative operator in Lp spaces for example), we are able to bypass these and to replace them by weaker results that are still sufficient for our purpose. Second, we introduce a notion of “almost implication” and “almost truth” (somewhat similar to what is done in fuzzy logic) which allows, once the foundations of Malliavin calculus are laid out, to give a very short and streamlined proof of Hörmaderʼs theorem that focuses on the main ideas without clouding it by technical details.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics
Divisions:	Faculty of Science > Mathematics
Journal or Publication Title:	Bulletin des Sciences Mathématiques
Publisher:	Elsevier Masson
ISSN:	0007-4497
Date:	September 2011
Volume:	Vol.135
Number:	No.6-7
Page Range:	pp. 650-666
Identification Number:	10.1016/j.bulsci.2011.07.007
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Funder:	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Royal Society, Leverhulme Trust (LT)
Grant number:	EP/E002269/1 (EPSRC), EP/D071593/1 (EPSRC)
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/39680

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