Kolmogorov-Chapman equation
2020 Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 60J35 [MSN][ZBL]
An equation of the form
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that is, a condition imposed on the transition function (
,
,
,
being a measurable space), enabling one (under certain conditions on
) to construct a Markov process for which the conditional probability
is the same as
. Conversely, for a Markov process its transition function
, which by definition is equal to
, satisfies the Kolmogorov–Chapman equation, as follows immediately from general properties of conditional probabilities. This was pointed out by S. Chapman [C] and investigated by A.N. Kolmogorov in 1931 (see [K]).
References
[C] | S. Chapman, "?", Proc. Roy. Soc. Ser. A , 119 (1928) pp. 34–54 |
[K] | A. Kolmogoroff, "Ueber die analytischen Methoden in der Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung" Math. Ann. , 104 (1931) pp. 415–458 |
[GS] | I.I. Gihman, A.V. Skorohod, "The theory of stochastic processes" , 2 , Springer (1975) (Translated from Russian) |
Comments
In Western literature this equation is usually referred to as the Chapman–Kolmogorov equation.
See also (the editorial comments to) Einstein–Smoluchowski equation.
References
[L] | P. Lévy, "Processus stochastiques et mouvement Brownien", Gauthier-Villars (1965) |
[D] | E.B. Dynkin, "Markov processes", 1, Springer (1965) pp. Sect. 5.26 (Translated from Russian) |
[F] | W. Feller, "An introduction to probability theory and its applications", 1, Wiley (1966) pp. Chapt. XV.13 |
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