1.1 Classical Wiener Space

Let $C([0, \infty); \real^{d})$ be the space of $\real^{d}$-valued continuous functions on $[0, \infty)$, equipped with the topology of uniform convergence on compact sets. The space $C_{0}((0, \infty); \real^{d})$ of $\real^{d}$-valued continuous functions on $(0, \infty)$ that vanish at $0$ and $\infty$ is equipped with the uniform norm.

Lemma 1.1.1 ([Lemma 8.1.1, Str24]).label For each $\theta \in C([0, \infty); \real^{d})$, let

\[\norm{\theta}_{\sps}= \sup_{t \ge 0}\frac{\abs{\theta(t)}}{1 + t}\]

and

\[\sps = \bracs{\theta \in C([0, \infty); \real^d): \theta(0) = 0, \lim_{t \to \infty}\frac{\theta(t)}{t} = 0}\]

then

  1. (1)

    $\norm{\cdot}_{\sps}: C([0, \infty): \real^{d}) \to [0, \infty]$ is lower semicontinuous.

  2. (2)

    $\iota: \sps \to C([0, \infty); \real^{d})$ is continuous.

  3. (3)

    The mapping $\Lambda: \sps \to C_{0}((0, \infty); \real^{d})$ defined by $(\Lambda \theta)(t) = \theta(t)/(1 + t)$ is an isometric isomorphism, and $\sps$ is a separable Banach space.

Proof. $(1)$: Let $R \ge 0$, then

\[\bracs{\theta \in C([0, \infty); \real^d): \norm{\theta}_{\sps} \le R}= \bigcap_{t \ge 0}\bracs{\theta \in C([0, \infty); \real^d): \frac{\abs{\theta(t)}}{1 + t} \le R}\]

where each $\bracs{\theta \in C([0, \infty); \real^d): \abs{\theta(t)}/(1+t) \le R}$ is a closed subset of $C([0, \infty); \real^{d})$, and their intersection is also closed. Thus $\norm{\cdot}_{\sps}$ is lower semicontinuous.

$(2)$: Let $K \subset [0, \infty)$ be compact, then $M = \sup_{t \in K}(1 + t) < \infty$. Thus $\norm{\theta|_K}_{u} \le M\norm{\theta}_{\sps}$.

$(3)$: Since $\theta(0) = 0$ and $\limv{t}\theta(t)/t = 0$ for all $\theta \in \sps$,

\[\lim_{t \to 0}(\Lambda \theta)(t) = \limv{t}(\Lambda \theta)(t) = 0\]

and $\norm{\Lambda \theta}_{u, (0, \infty)}= \norm{\theta}_{\sps}$. On the other hand, for any $f \in C_{0}((0, \infty); \real^{d})$, let $\Lambda^{-1}f$ be defined by $(\Lambda^{-1}f)(0) = 0$ and $(\Lambda^{-1}f)(t) = f(t)(1 + t)$ for $t > 0$. Since $\lim_{t \to 0}f(t) = \limv{t}f(t) = 0$,

\[\lim_{t \to 0^+}(\Lambda^{-1}f)(t) = \limv{t}\frac{(\Lambda^{-1}f)(t)}{t}= 0\]

so $\Lambda^{-1}f \in \sps$ with $\normn{\Lambda^{-1}f}_{\sps}= \norm{f}_{u, (0, \infty)}$.

As $C_{0}((0, \infty); \real^{d})$ is a separable Banach space, so is $\sps$.$\square$

Lemma 1.1.2 ([Lemma 8.1.1, Str24]).label For each $\phi \in \sps^{*}$, there exists a unique $\real^{d}$-valued Borel measure $\lambda$ on $[0, \infty)$ such that

  1. (1)

    $\lambda(0) = 0$.

  2. (2)

    $\angles{\theta, \phi}_{\sps}= \int_{[0, \infty)}\theta d\lambda$ for all $\theta \in \sps$.

  3. (3)

    $\norm{\phi}_{\sps^*}= \int_{[0, \infty )}(1 + t) d\abs{\lambda}(t) < \infty$.

If a finite $\real^{d}$-valued Borel measure $\lambda$ on $[0, \infty)$ satisfies the above, then $\lambda$ defines a linear functional on $\sps^{*}$.

Proof. Let $\Lambda: \sps \to C_{0}((0, \infty); \real^{d})$ be the isomorphism defined above, then $\phi \circ \Lambda^{-1}\in C_{0}((0, \infty); \real^{d})^{*}$. By the Riesz representation theorem, there exists a vector measure $\lambda_{0} \in M((0, \infty); \real^{d})$ such that

\[\anglesn{\Lambda^{-1}f, \phi}_{\sps}= \anglesn{f, \phi \circ \Lambda^{-1}}_{C_0((0, \infty); \real^d)}= \int_{(0, \infty)}f d\lambda_{0}\]

and $\norm{\lambda_0}_{\text{var}}= \normn{\phi \circ \lambda^{-1}}_{\sps}$. Thus for any $\theta \in \sps$,

\[\angles{\theta, \phi}_{\sps}= \anglesn{\Lambda \theta, \phi \circ \Lambda^{-1}}_{C_0((0, \infty); \real^d))}= \int_{(0, \infty)}\frac{\theta(t)}{1 + t}d\lambda_{0}(t)\]

and

\[\lambda: \cb([0, \infty)) \to \real^{d} \quad A \mapsto \int_{A \setminus \bracs{0}}\frac{1}{1 + t}d\lambda_{0}(t)\]

is the desired measure.$\square$

Lemma 1.1.3 ([Lemma 8.1.1, Str24]).label The space $\sps$ is a Borel set in $C([0, \infty); \real^{d})$, and $\cb(\sps)$ is the restriction of the Borel $\sigma$-algebra on $C([0, \infty); \real^{d})$ to $\sps$.

Proof. Firstly, $\lim_{t \to \infty}\theta(t)/t = 0$ if and only if for every $n \in \nat$, there exists $k \in \nat$ such that $\abs{\theta(s)}/s \le 1/n$ for all $s \ge k$. Thus

\begin{align*}\Theta_{\infty}&= \bracs{\theta \in C([0, \infty); \real^d): \limv{t}\frac{\theta(t)}{t} =0}\\&= \bigcap_{n \in \nat}\bigcup_{k \in \nat}\underbrace{\bigcap_{s \ge k}\bracs{\theta \in C([0, \infty); \real^d): \frac{\abs{\theta(s)}}{s} \le \frac{1}{n}}}_{\text{closed}}\end{align*}

and

\[\Theta_{0} = \bracs{\theta \in C([0, \infty); \real^d): \theta(0) = 0}\]

are Borel. Thus $\sps = \Theta_{0} \cap \Theta_{\infty} \cap \Theta_{b}$ is Borel in $C([0, \infty); \real^{d})$.

Now, by lower semicontinuity of $\norm{\cdot}_{\sps}$, every closed set in $\sps$ is the intersection of $\sps$ and a Borel set in $C([0, \infty), \real^{d})$. Therefore $\cb(\sps)$ contains the induced $\sigma$-algebra from $\cb(C([0, \infty); \real^{d}))$. On the other hand, the inclusion $\iota: \sps \to C([0, \infty); \real^{d})$ is continuous. Thus $\cb(\sps)$ contains the induced $\sigma$-algebra.$\square$

Lemma 1.1.4 ([Lemma 8.1.1, Str24]).label Let $(\Omega, \cf, \bp)$ be a probability space and $(B_{t}, \bracs{\cf_t: t \ge 0})$ be a standard Brownian motion, then

  1. (1)

    Almost every sample path of $B$ is in $\sps$.

  2. (2)

    $\ev[\norm{B}_{\sps}^{2}] \le 32d$.

Proof. $(1)$: By the Brownian Strong Law of Large Numbers, $B(\omega) \in \sps$ for almost every $\omega$.

$(2)$: By Doob’s maximal inequality, for any $r \ge 0$,

\begin{align*}\ev\braks{\norm{B}_{u, [0, 2]}^2}^{1/2}&\le 2\ev\braks{\norm{B_r}_{\real^d}^2}^{1/2}\\ \ev\braks{\norm{B}_{u, [0, 2]}^2}&\le 4\ev\braks{\norm{B_r}_{\real^d}^2}\end{align*}

and for any $\theta \in \sps$,

\begin{align*}\norm{\theta}_{\sps}^{2}&\le \sum_{n = 0}^{\infty} \sup_{t \in [0, 2^n]}\frac{\abs{\theta(t)}^{2}}{(1 + t)^{2}}\le \sum_{n = 0}^{\infty} \frac{1}{2^{2(n-1)}}\norm{\theta}_{u, [0, 2^n]}^{2}\\&\le \sum_{n = 0}^{\infty} 4^{1 - n}\norm{\theta}_{u, [0, 2^n]}^{2}\end{align*}

Thus

\begin{align*}\ev[\norm{B}_{\sps}^{2}]&\le \sum_{n = 0}^{\infty} 4^{1 - n}\ev\braks{\norm{\theta}_{u, [0, 2^n]}^2}\le \sum_{n = 0}^{\infty} 4^{1 - n}\ev\braks{\norm{B_{2^n}}_{\real^d}^2}\le 32d\end{align*}

$\square$

Definition 1.1.5 (Characteristic Function [Lemma 8.1.2, Str24]).label Let $(E, \norm{\cdot})$ be a separable Banach space over $\real$, and $\mu$ be a Borel probability measure on $E$. Define

\[\wh \mu: E^{*} \to \complex \quad \wh x^{*} \mapsto \int_{E} e^{i\angles{x, x^*}_E}d\mu(x)\]

as the characteristic function of $\mu$, then

  1. (1)

    $\wh \mu$ is sequentially[1] continuous with respect to the weak* topology on $E^{*}$.

  2. (2)

    If $\nu$ is a Borel probability measure on $E$ such that $\wh \mu = \wh \nu$, then $\nu = \mu$.

Proof. $(1)$: Dominated Convergence Theorem.

$(2)$: Let $\bracsn{x_j^*}_{1}^{n} \subset E^{*}$ and $\mu_{(x_1^*, \cdots, x_n^*)}$ be the distribution of $(x_{1}^{*}, \cdots, x_{n}^{*}): E \to \real^{n}$ under $\mu$, then the characteristic function $\mu_{(x_1^*, \cdots, x_n^*)}$ is

\begin{align*}\wh \mu_{(x_1^*, \cdots, x_n^*)}(\xi)&= \int_{\real^n}e^{i\angles{\xi, x}_{\real^n}}d\mu_{(x_1^*, \cdots, x_n^*)}(x) \\&= \int_{E}e^{i\angles{x, \sum_{j = 1}^n \xi_j x_j^*}}d\mu(x) = \wh \mu\paren{\sum_{j = 1}^n \xi_jx_j^*}\end{align*}

Thus $\wh \mu$ uniquely determines the joint characteristic function of $(x_{1}^{*}, \cdots, x_{n}^{*})$. So for any $\bracsn{x_j^*}_{1}^{n} \subset E^{*}$ and Borel sets $\seqf{B_j}\subset \cb(\real)$,

\[\mu\paren{\bigcap_{j = 1}^n (x_j^*)^{-1}(B_j)}= \nu\paren{\bigcap_{j = 1}^n (x_j^*)^{-1}(B_j)}\]

As these cylinder sets form a $\pi$ system that generates $\cb(E)$, $\mu = \nu$ by Dynkin’s Uniqueness Theorem.$\square$

Lemma 1.1.6 ([Equation 8.1, Str24]).label Let $\wien: \cb(\sps) \to [0, 1]$ be the classical Wiener measure on $(\sps, \cb(\real^{d}))$, then for every $\lambda \in \sps^{*}$,

  1. (1)

    $\lambda$ viewed as a random variable on $\sps$ is a centred Gaussian.

  2. (2)

    $\ev^{\wien}[\abs{\lambda}^{2}] = \iint_{[0, \infty)^2}s \wedge t d\lambda(s)d\lambda(t)$.

  3. (3)

    $\wh \wien(\lambda) = \exp\braks{-\frac{1}{2}\iint_{[0, \infty)^2}s \wedge t d\lambda(s)d\lambda(t)}$.

Proof. $(1)$, Finite: First suppose that there exists $0 = t_{0} \le t_{1} < \cdots < t_{n} < \infty$ and $\seqf{\xi_j}\subset \real^{d}$ such that

\[\angles{\theta, \lambda}_{\sps}= \sum_{j = 1}^{n} \angles{\theta(t_j), \xi_j}_{\real^d}\]

for all $\theta \in \sps$. This allows decomposing

\begin{align*}\angles{\theta, \lambda}_{\sps}&= \sum_{j = 1}^{n} \sum_{k = 1}^{j}\angles{\theta(t_k) - \theta(t_{k - 1}), \xi_j}_{\real^d}\\&= \sum_{k = 1}^{n} \angles{\theta(t_k) - \theta(t_{k - 1}), \sum_{j = k}^n\xi_j}_{\real^d}\end{align*}

as a sum of independent centred Gaussian random variables. Thus $\theta \mapsto \angles{\theta, \lambda}_{\real^d}$ is a centred Gaussian random variable.

$(1)$, with Riemann-Stieltjes: Let $\mu: \cb((0, \infty)) \to \real$ be a finite signed measure, and $F(t) = \mu((0, t])$ be the distribution function of $\mu$, then $\norm{F}_{\text{var}}= \norm{\mu}_{\text{var}}< \infty$.

For any indicator function of the form $\one_{(a, b]}$ with $0 \le a < b < \infty$,

\[\int_{0}^{\infty} \one_{(a, b]}(t)dF(t) = F(b) - F(a) = \mu((0, t]) = \int_{(0, \infty)}\one_{(a, b]}(t)d\mu(t)\]

where the integral on the left is a Riemann-Stieltjes integral. As simple functions that vanish at $0$ are dense in $C_{0}((0, \infty); \real)$, and

\[\abs{\int_0^\infty \phi(t)dF(t)}\le \norm{\phi}_{u}\norm{F}_{\text{var}}\quad \abs{\int_{(0, \infty)}\phi(t)d\mu(t)}\le \norm{\phi}_{u}\norm{\mu}_{\text{var}}\]

for any simple function $\phi: (0, \infty) \to \real$,

\[\int_{0}^{\infty} \phi(t)dF(t) = \int_{(0, \infty)}\phi(t)d\mu(t)\]

for all $\phi \in C_{0}((0, \infty); \real)$.

As seen in the proof of Lemma 1.1.2, there exists a $\real^{d}$-valued finite Borel measure $\mu: \cb((0, \infty)) \to \real^{d}$ such that for any $\theta \in \sps$,

\[\angles{\theta, \lambda}_{\sps}= \int_{(0, \infty)}\Lambda \theta d\mu = \int_{(0, \infty)}\frac{\theta(t)}{1 + t}d\mu(t)\]

Let $F(t) = \mu((0, t])$, then since $\Lambda \theta \in C_{0}((0, \infty); \real)$,

\[\angles{\theta, \lambda}_{\sps}= \int_{0}^{\infty} \frac{\theta(t)}{1 + t}dF(t)\]

can be expressed as a Riemann-Stieltjes integral. Thus

\[\angles{\theta, \lambda}_{\sps}= \lim_{t \to \infty}\limv{n}\sum_{j = 1}^{2^n}\theta(2^{-n}jt)[F(2^{-n}jt) - F((2^{-n}- 1)jt)]\]

As the above holds for all $\theta \in \sps$, $\lambda$ viewed as a random variable is a[2] sequential limit of Gaussian random variables, so it is also Gaussian.

$(1)$, with Approximations: As seen in Lemma 1.1.2, there exists a $\real^{d}$-valued Borel measure $\mu: \cb((0, \infty)) \to \real^{d}$ such that

\[\angles{\theta, \lambda}_{\sps}= \int_{(0, \infty)}\frac{\theta(t)}{1 + t}d\mu(t) \quad \forall \theta \in \sps\]

Since there exists $\real^{d}$-valued Borel measures $\seq{\mu_k}$ with finite support such that $\mu_{k} \Rightarrow \mu$, each $\theta \mapsto \int \frac{\theta(t)}{1 + t}d\mu_{k}(t)$ is Gaussian random variable and $\theta \mapsto \angles{\theta, \lambda}_{\sps}$ is a pointwise limit of Gaussian random variables, thus it is also Gaussian.

$(2)$: Firstly, for any $0 \le s, t < \infty$ and $\xi, \eta \in \real^{d}$,

\[\ev^{\wien}(\angles{\theta(s), \xi}\cdot \angles{\theta(t), \eta}) = (s \wedge t)\angles{\xi, \eta}\]

Let $F: [0, \infty) \to \real^{d}$ be measurable such that $d\lambda = Fd\abs{\lambda}$, then

\begin{align*}\angles{\theta, \lambda}_{\sps}^{2}&= \braks{\int_{[0, \infty)} \theta(t) d\lambda(t)}^{2} = \int_{[0, \infty)}\theta(t)\int_{[0, \infty)}\theta(s)d\lambda(s)d\lambda(t) \\&= \int_{[0, \infty)^2}\angles{\theta(s), F(s)}_{\real^d}\angles{\theta(t), F(t)}_{\real^d}d\abs{\lambda}(s)d\abs{\lambda}(t)\end{align*}

By Fubini’s theorem, the expectation can be pushed inside the integral:

\begin{align*}\ev^{\wien}[\abs{\lambda}^{2}]&= \iint_{[0, \infty)^2}\ev^{\wien}\braks{\angles{\theta(s), F(s)}_{\real^d}\angles{\theta(t), F(t)}_{\real^d}}d\abs{\lambda}(s)d\abs{\lambda}(t) \\&= \iint_{[0, \infty)^2}(s \wedge t)\angles{F(s), F(t)}_{\real^d}d\abs{\lambda}(s)d\abs{\lambda}(t) \\&= \iint_{[0, \infty)^2}s \wedge t d\lambda(s)d\lambda(t)\end{align*}

$(3)$: $\lambda$ is a Gaussian random variable with variance $\iint_{[0, \infty)^2}s \wedge t d\lambda(s)d\lambda(t)$.$\square$

Definition 1.1.7 (Classical Cameron-Martin Space).label Let $\ccm$ be the set of absolutely continuous functions $\theta: [0, \infty) \to \real^{d}$ such that $\theta(0) = 0$ and $D\theta \in L^{2}([0, \infty); \real^{d})$, equipped with the inner product

\[\angles{\theta, \eta}_{\ccm}= \angles{D\theta, D\eta}_{L^2([0, \infty); \real^d)}\quad \forall \theta, \eta \in \ccm\]

then

  1. (1)

    For each $\theta \in \ccm$, $\norm{\theta}_{\sps}\le \frac{1}{2}\norm{\theta}_{\ccm}$.

  2. (2)

    $\ccm$ is a dense subspace of $\sps$.

Thus $\ccm$ is continuously embedded in $\sps$ as a dense subspace, known as the classical Cameron-Martin space for the classical Wiener measure.

Proof. $(1)$: Let $\theta \in \ccm$, then for each $t \ge 0$,

\[\abs{\theta(t)}= \abs{\int_{[0, \infty)} \one_{[0, t)} D\theta ds}\le \normn{\one_{[0, t)}}_{L^2([0, \infty))}\normn{D\theta}_{L^2([0, \infty); \real^d)}= \sqrt{t}\norm{\theta}_{\ccm}\]

Thus

\[\frac{\abs{\theta(t)}}{1 + t}\le \norm{\theta}_{\ccm} \frac{\sqrt{t}}{1 + t}\le \frac{\norm{\theta}_{\ccm}}{2}\]

$(2)$: Follows from the density of $C_{c}^{\infty}(\real^{d})$ in $C_{0}((0, \infty); \real^{d})$ and thus in $\sps$.$\square$

Lemma 1.1.8.label Let $\lambda \in \sps^{*}$, then there exists $h_{\lambda} \in \ccm$ such that $\angles{\theta, \lambda}_{\sps} = \angles{\theta, h_\lambda}_{\ccm}$ for all $\theta \in \ccm$, which is given by

\[h_{\lambda}(t) = \int_{(0,t]}\lambda((s, \infty))ds\]

with

\[\norm{h_\lambda}_{\ccm}^{2} = \iint_{[0, \infty)}(s \wedge t)d\lambda(s)d\lambda(t) = \ev^{\wien}(\abs{\lambda}^{2})\]

thus

\[\wh \wien(\lambda) = \exp\braks{-\frac{\norm{h_\lambda}_{\ccm}}{2}^2}\]

Moreover, for each $\theta \in \sps$,

\[\angles{\theta, \lambda}_{\sps} = \int_{0}^{\infty} Dh_{\lambda} d\theta\]

is an improper Riemann-Stieltjes integral.

Proof. Firstly, $\lambda$ is bounded, so $h_{\lambda}$ is absolutely continuous and $Dh_{\lambda}(s) = \lambda((s, \infty))$ by the Lebesgue differentiation theorem. From here,

\begin{align*}\norm{h_\lambda}_{\ccm}^{2}&= \int_{[0, \infty)}\abs{\lambda((t, \infty))}^{2}dt = \int_{[0, \infty)}\iint_{[t, \infty)^2}d\lambda(r)d\lambda(s)dt \\&= \iiint_{[0, \infty)^3}\one_{\bracs{r, s \ge t}}(r, s, t)d\lambda(r)d\lambda(s)dt \\&= \iint_{[0, \infty)^2}\int_{[0, \infty)}\one_{\bracs{t \le r \wedge s}}(r, s, t)dtd\lambda(r)d\lambda(s) \\&= \iint_{[0, \infty)^2}s \wedge t d\lambda(r)d\lambda(s) = \ev^{\wien}[\abs{\lambda}^{2}]\end{align*}

so $h_{\lambda} \in \ccm$ and

\begin{align*}\angles{h, \lambda}_{\sps}&= \int_{[0, \infty)}h d\lambda = \int_{[0, \infty)}\int_{[0, t]}Dh(s)dsd\lambda(t) \\&= \int_{[0, \infty)}\int_{[0, \infty)}\one_{\bracs{s \le t}}(s, t)Dh(s)d\lambda(t) ds \\&= \int_{[0, \infty)}Dh(s)\lambda((s, \infty))ds = \angles{\theta, h_\lambda}_{\ccm}\end{align*}

Now let $F(t) = \lambda((0, t])$, then $Dh_{\lambda}(t) = \lambda((0, \infty)) - F(t)$ and

\[\int_{0}^{\infty} \theta(t) d\lambda(t) = \int_{0}^{\infty} \theta(t)dF(t) = -\int_{0}^{\infty} \theta(t) dDh_{\lambda}(t)\]

can be expressed as improper Riemann-Stieltjes integrals. Using the by parts formula for Riemann-Stieltjes integrals,

\[\int_{0}^{T} \theta(t) dDh_{\lambda}(t) = \theta(T)Dh_{\lambda}(T) - \int_{0}^{T}Dh_{\lambda}(t)d\theta(t)\]

where since $\theta(T)/T \to 0$ as $T \to \infty$ and $(1 + t) \in L^{1}(\abs{\lambda})$,

\[\limv{T}\abs{\theta(T)}\abs{\lambda}((T, \infty)) \le \limv{T}\frac{\abs{\theta(T)}}{1 + T}\int_{(0, \infty)}(1 + t)d\abs{\lambda}(t) = 0\]

Therefore

\[\angles{h, \lambda}_{\sps} = -\int_{0}^{\infty} \theta(t)dDh_{\lambda}(t) = \int_{0}^{\infty} Dh_{\lambda}(t)d\theta(t)\]

$\square$

  1. Most sources I found only claimed and proved the sequential case. Since Stroock used Dominated Convergence Theorem, I assume it should be sequential too.keyboard_return
  2. I’m pretty sure I can just use one single limit here, but just to be safe I nested it.keyboard_return