What's the distribution of $int tW(t)dt$ for Brownian motion $W(t)$
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Let's say a standard Brownian motion is written as $B(t)$. Then, define $W(t) = sigma B(t)$.
I know that $int_0^1 W(t)dt $ has the distribution Normal(0,$sigma^2/3$).
But, what about $int_0^1 tW(t)dt$?
Also, it seems that the two distributions $int_0^1 W(t)dt $ and $int_0^1 tW(t)dt$ are correlated. Is there a way to calculate their covariance?
Thanks!
probability stochastic-calculus brownian-motion
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Let's say a standard Brownian motion is written as $B(t)$. Then, define $W(t) = sigma B(t)$.
I know that $int_0^1 W(t)dt $ has the distribution Normal(0,$sigma^2/3$).
But, what about $int_0^1 tW(t)dt$?
Also, it seems that the two distributions $int_0^1 W(t)dt $ and $int_0^1 tW(t)dt$ are correlated. Is there a way to calculate their covariance?
Thanks!
probability stochastic-calculus brownian-motion
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$begingroup$
Let's say a standard Brownian motion is written as $B(t)$. Then, define $W(t) = sigma B(t)$.
I know that $int_0^1 W(t)dt $ has the distribution Normal(0,$sigma^2/3$).
But, what about $int_0^1 tW(t)dt$?
Also, it seems that the two distributions $int_0^1 W(t)dt $ and $int_0^1 tW(t)dt$ are correlated. Is there a way to calculate their covariance?
Thanks!
probability stochastic-calculus brownian-motion
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Let's say a standard Brownian motion is written as $B(t)$. Then, define $W(t) = sigma B(t)$.
I know that $int_0^1 W(t)dt $ has the distribution Normal(0,$sigma^2/3$).
But, what about $int_0^1 tW(t)dt$?
Also, it seems that the two distributions $int_0^1 W(t)dt $ and $int_0^1 tW(t)dt$ are correlated. Is there a way to calculate their covariance?
Thanks!
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Yes, indeed it is normally distributed, and covariance can be calculated. Without loss of generality, let $sigma^2 = 1$, as we can simply multiply by $sigma$ at the end to recover. To see that it's normally distributed, note first $t W(t)$ is almost-surely continuous, and thus is integrable on $[0,1]$. Since $W$ is a Gaussian process, every Riemann sum is normally distributed, and the integral $int_0^1 t W(t) ,dt$ can be written as the almost-sure limit of a sequence of Gaussians. Recalling that the weak limit of a sequence of Gaussians (when it exists), is Gaussian shows that the integral is normal. All that remains to do is compute the covariance.
We compute begin{align*}
Eleft[int_0^1W(t), dt cdot int_{0}^1 sW(s),ds right] &= Eleft[ iint s W(s) W(t), ds, dtright] \
&= int_{0}^1 int_0^s sE[W(s)W(t)],dt,ds + int_{0}^1 int_0^t sE[W(s)W(t)],ds,dt \
&=int_0^1int_0^s ts ,dt,ds + int_0^1 int_0^t s^2 ,ds,dt\
&= frac{1}{8} + frac{1}{12} \
&=frac{5}{24},.
end{align*}
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$newcommand{E}{mathbb{E}}$
Yes, indeed it is normally distributed, and covariance can be calculated. Without loss of generality, let $sigma^2 = 1$, as we can simply multiply by $sigma$ at the end to recover. To see that it's normally distributed, note first $t W(t)$ is almost-surely continuous, and thus is integrable on $[0,1]$. Since $W$ is a Gaussian process, every Riemann sum is normally distributed, and the integral $int_0^1 t W(t) ,dt$ can be written as the almost-sure limit of a sequence of Gaussians. Recalling that the weak limit of a sequence of Gaussians (when it exists), is Gaussian shows that the integral is normal. All that remains to do is compute the covariance.
We compute begin{align*}
Eleft[int_0^1W(t), dt cdot int_{0}^1 sW(s),ds right] &= Eleft[ iint s W(s) W(t), ds, dtright] \
&= int_{0}^1 int_0^s sE[W(s)W(t)],dt,ds + int_{0}^1 int_0^t sE[W(s)W(t)],ds,dt \
&=int_0^1int_0^s ts ,dt,ds + int_0^1 int_0^t s^2 ,ds,dt\
&= frac{1}{8} + frac{1}{12} \
&=frac{5}{24},.
end{align*}
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$begingroup$
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Yes, indeed it is normally distributed, and covariance can be calculated. Without loss of generality, let $sigma^2 = 1$, as we can simply multiply by $sigma$ at the end to recover. To see that it's normally distributed, note first $t W(t)$ is almost-surely continuous, and thus is integrable on $[0,1]$. Since $W$ is a Gaussian process, every Riemann sum is normally distributed, and the integral $int_0^1 t W(t) ,dt$ can be written as the almost-sure limit of a sequence of Gaussians. Recalling that the weak limit of a sequence of Gaussians (when it exists), is Gaussian shows that the integral is normal. All that remains to do is compute the covariance.
We compute begin{align*}
Eleft[int_0^1W(t), dt cdot int_{0}^1 sW(s),ds right] &= Eleft[ iint s W(s) W(t), ds, dtright] \
&= int_{0}^1 int_0^s sE[W(s)W(t)],dt,ds + int_{0}^1 int_0^t sE[W(s)W(t)],ds,dt \
&=int_0^1int_0^s ts ,dt,ds + int_0^1 int_0^t s^2 ,ds,dt\
&= frac{1}{8} + frac{1}{12} \
&=frac{5}{24},.
end{align*}
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$begingroup$
$newcommand{E}{mathbb{E}}$
Yes, indeed it is normally distributed, and covariance can be calculated. Without loss of generality, let $sigma^2 = 1$, as we can simply multiply by $sigma$ at the end to recover. To see that it's normally distributed, note first $t W(t)$ is almost-surely continuous, and thus is integrable on $[0,1]$. Since $W$ is a Gaussian process, every Riemann sum is normally distributed, and the integral $int_0^1 t W(t) ,dt$ can be written as the almost-sure limit of a sequence of Gaussians. Recalling that the weak limit of a sequence of Gaussians (when it exists), is Gaussian shows that the integral is normal. All that remains to do is compute the covariance.
We compute begin{align*}
Eleft[int_0^1W(t), dt cdot int_{0}^1 sW(s),ds right] &= Eleft[ iint s W(s) W(t), ds, dtright] \
&= int_{0}^1 int_0^s sE[W(s)W(t)],dt,ds + int_{0}^1 int_0^t sE[W(s)W(t)],ds,dt \
&=int_0^1int_0^s ts ,dt,ds + int_0^1 int_0^t s^2 ,ds,dt\
&= frac{1}{8} + frac{1}{12} \
&=frac{5}{24},.
end{align*}
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$newcommand{E}{mathbb{E}}$
Yes, indeed it is normally distributed, and covariance can be calculated. Without loss of generality, let $sigma^2 = 1$, as we can simply multiply by $sigma$ at the end to recover. To see that it's normally distributed, note first $t W(t)$ is almost-surely continuous, and thus is integrable on $[0,1]$. Since $W$ is a Gaussian process, every Riemann sum is normally distributed, and the integral $int_0^1 t W(t) ,dt$ can be written as the almost-sure limit of a sequence of Gaussians. Recalling that the weak limit of a sequence of Gaussians (when it exists), is Gaussian shows that the integral is normal. All that remains to do is compute the covariance.
We compute begin{align*}
Eleft[int_0^1W(t), dt cdot int_{0}^1 sW(s),ds right] &= Eleft[ iint s W(s) W(t), ds, dtright] \
&= int_{0}^1 int_0^s sE[W(s)W(t)],dt,ds + int_{0}^1 int_0^t sE[W(s)W(t)],ds,dt \
&=int_0^1int_0^s ts ,dt,ds + int_0^1 int_0^t s^2 ,ds,dt\
&= frac{1}{8} + frac{1}{12} \
&=frac{5}{24},.
end{align*}
answered Dec 14 '18 at 3:24
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