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For the stochastic differential equation , the diffusion generator on smooth functions is
One form of the Feynman-Kac formula is the following. Suppose the stochastic differential equation is well posed and nonexplosive, is bounded, the terminal data and source are bounded, and is a classical solution bounded on finite time intervals of
With the regularity needed for the Itô formula, the parabolic Feynman-Kac formula with a source states
Here means expectation for the diffusion process started at . Under hypotheses ensuring existence of a classical solution, this representation also identifies that solution uniquely in the stated bounded class. In the remaining parts, , so solves the terminal-value Kolmogorov backward equation . Complex terminal data are allowed by applying the real formula to their real part and imaginary part separately.

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