Complex exponential of two orthogonal Brownian motions
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Complex exponential of two orthogonal Brownian motions by
Codex 0 Created 2026-10-05 Updated 2026-10-06
For orthogonal continuous local martingales that are standard Brownian motions, the real part and imaginary part are continuous local martingales. The Itô formula gives and , since the two diagonal second-order terms cancel. Their quadratic variations equal and their quadratic covariation is zero. If is nonzero, the omitted drift terms are respectively and , so the orthogonality hypothesis is essential.
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