On Skorohod spaces as universal sample path spaces

dc.creatorDelzeith, Oliver
dc.date2004-12-06
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T05:14:57Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T05:14:57Z
dc.descriptionThe paper presents a factorization theorem for a certain class of stochastic processes. Skorohod spaces carry the rich structure of standard Borel spaces and appear to be suitable universal sample path spaces. We show that, if $ξ$ is a RCLL stochastic process with values in a complete separable metric space $E$, any other RCLL stochastic process $X$ adapted to the filtration induced by $ξ$ factors through the Skorohod space $D_E[0,\infty)$. This can be understood as an extension of a stochastic process to a standard Borel space enjoying nice properties. Moreover, the trajectories of the factorized stochastic process defined on $D_E[0,\infty)$ inherit the properties of being continuous, non-decreasing, and of bounded variation, resp., from those of $X$. Considering situations which are invariant under the factorization procedure, the main theorem is a reduction tool to assume the underlying measurable space be a standard Borel space. In an example, we pick the existence theorem of regular conditional probabilities on standard Borel spaces to simplify a conditional expectation appearing in stochastic control problems.
dc.description15 pages; submitted
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0412092
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0412092
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/73482
dc.subjectProbability
dc.subjectOptimization and Control
dc.subject60G07 (Primary) 60A10 (Secondary)
dc.titleOn Skorohod spaces as universal sample path spaces
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