Itô product rule 2026-09-24
For continuous semimartingales,It is the stochastic counterpart of the ordinary product rule; the quadratic covariation supplies the additional second-order term.
Kunita-Watanabe inequality 2026-09-24
For continuous local martingales, the total-variation process of their quadratic covariation satisfiesIt is the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality for the matrix-valued measure formed by their quadratic variations and quadratic covariation.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2024 iii Paper 202 1 c Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
Because independent Brownian motions have zero quadratic covariation, the Itô product rule givesAfter integration, the random variable in the question is . Writing for independent standard Gaussian random variables , its distribution isthe scaled product of two independent standard normal random variables.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2024 iii Paper 202 2 c i Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
The martingale product identity says that is a martingale. Passing to the terminal values of the square-integrable martingales and using givesThe quadratic covariation identity for a stochastic integral isApplying the same product identity to and therefore gives