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6.4.2 Stratonovich-Taylor expansion

The Stratonovich-Taylor expansion of a Stratonovich process of the form ([*]) is given by [40]

$\displaystyle X(t)$ $\textstyle =$ $\displaystyle X(t_0) + \bar a J_{(0)} + b J_{(1)} +
+ \bar a \bar a' J_{(0,0)}
+ \bar a b' J_{(0,1)}
+ b \bar a' J_{(1,0)}$  
    $\displaystyle + b b' J_{(1,1)}
+ \bar a(\bar a\bar a''+\bar a'^2)J_{(0,0,0)}
+ \bar a(\bar ab''+\bar a'b')J_{(0,0,1)}$  
    $\displaystyle + \bar a(\bar a''b+\bar a'b')J_{(0,1,0)}
+ b(\bar a\bar a''+\bar a'^2)J_{(1,0,0)}$  
    $\displaystyle + \bar a(bb''+b'^2)J_{(0,1,1)}
+ b(\bar ab''+\bar a'b')J_{(1,0,1)}$  
    $\displaystyle + b(\bar a''b+\bar a'b')J_{(1,1,0)}
+ b(bb''+b'^2)J_{(1,1,1)}
+ R$ (6.21)

The Stratonovich integrals $J_{(j_1, j_2, \ldots)}$ are defined as

$\displaystyle J_{(0)}$ $\textstyle =$ $\displaystyle I_{(0)}$  
$\displaystyle J_{(1)}$ $\textstyle =$ $\displaystyle I_{(1)}$  
$\displaystyle J_{(0,0)}$ $\textstyle =$ $\displaystyle I_{(0,0)}$  
$\displaystyle J_{(0,1)}$ $\textstyle =$ $\displaystyle I_{(0,1)}$  
$\displaystyle J_{(1,1)}$ $\textstyle =$ $\displaystyle I_{(1,1)} + \frac{1}{2}I_{(1,1)}I_{(0)}$  
$\displaystyle J_{(j_1, j_2, j_3)}$ $\textstyle =$ $\displaystyle I_{(j_1, j_2, \ldots)}
+ \frac{1}{2}
(
I_{\{j_1=j_2 \not= 0\}} I_{(0,j_3)}+
I_{\{j_2=j_3 \not= 0\}} I_{(j_1,0)}
)$  
  $\textstyle \vdots$    


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Werner Scholz 2000-05-16