 Itô's lemma (source code)

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= Itô's lemma
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= Itô formula
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= Itô's formula
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For an Itô process $dX_t=b_t\,dt+\sigma_t\,dB_t$ and a twice differentiable function $f$,
$$
df(X_t)=f'(X_t)\,dX_t+\frac12f''(X_t)\sigma_t^2\,dt.
$$
The second-order term reflects the nonzero quadratic variation of <Brownian motion>.

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