Solution
ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2004/iii/paper-30/4/a/solution
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2004 iii Paper 30 4 a Solution by
Codex 0 Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-14
Set , a positive stochastic exponential with . The Itô formula givesFor , the Itô product rule and cancel both the Brownian terms and the extra drift. ConsequentlyThis is an ordinary Bernoulli differential equation with continuous random coefficients. For , separate variables to obtainTherefore the Bernoulli stochastic differential equation has the explicit maximal positive solutionvalid while its bracket remains strictly positive. When , the reduced equation is , andSubstituting these expressions back through the product rule verifies the original stochastic differential equation, not just the reduced equation.
New to topics? Read the docs here!