Questions tagged [p-variation]

Use this tag for questions about $p$-variation norms, the study of finiteness of the $p$- variation of functions, which is a generalization of the total variation.

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A function with cubic variation

Let $W(\omega,x):\Omega\times\mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ be a Brownian motion where $\Omega$ is the sample space. Recall that the quadratic variation of $W$ over the interval $[a,b]$ equals $b-a$ almost surely, that is to say: $$\langle W…
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Link between Riesz p-variation and absolute continuity

Fix $p\in(1,+\infty)$ and for $f:[0,1]\to\mathbb{R}$ define $$ V_p(f)=\sup \sum_{i=0}^{n-1}\frac{|f(t_{i+1})-f(t_i)|^p}{(t_{i+1}-t_i)^{p-1}} $$ where the sup is taken over all $n\in\mathbb{N}$ and among all possible partitions…
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Why is $\lim_{n\to\infty} 2^n \Psi\left(\frac{r}{2^n}\right)=0$, for some specific function $\Psi$ defined in the question?

This comes from the proof of the first theorem in this blog article. The paths $x:[0,T]\to\mathbb{R}^d$ and $y:[0,T]\to\mathbb{R}^{e\times d}$ are of bounded total variation. The real numbers $p,q>1$ are such that $\frac{1}{p}+\frac{1}{q}>1$.…
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An example of functions of bounded p and q-variations, $\frac{1}{p} + \frac{1}{q} = 1$, for which the Riemann-Stieltjes integral does not exist

Let $f$, $g$: $[a, b] \to \mathbb{R}$, $\mathrm{Var}(p, f) < \infty$, $\mathrm{Var}(q, g) < \infty$, $\frac{1}{p} + \frac{1}{q} = 1$. Why then $\int_{a}^{b} fdg$ maybe it is not defined? There were ideas to take partial sums of the Weierstrass…
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Continuity and variation

Are there continuous functions having infinite $p$-variation for any $p\ge 1$? I guess yes since for any $p=1,2,\dots$ and any $x\in \mathbb R$, there presumably is a function $f : [p-1,p] \rightarrow \mathbb R$ with $f(p-1)=x$ having infinite…
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Why does the definition of quadratic variation for stochastic processes use a vanishing mesh instead of a supremum like in p-variation?

I have a question regarding the definitions of quadratic variation for stochastic processes and p-variation for general functions. Specifically, for a stochastic process $X_t$, the quadratic variation $[X]_T$ is defined using the limit as the mesh…
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When does $p$-variation mesh size tend to $0$?

Let $u: [a,b] \to \mathbb{R}$ and define its $p$-Wiener variation as $$V_p(u) := \sup \left\{ \left(\sum_i |u(x_i)-u(x_{i-1})|^p\right)^{1/p}\right\}, $$ where the supremum ranges over finite partitions $P=\{x_1,\ldots, x_n\}$ of $[a,b]$. For $p =…
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Link between $p-variation$ and $Holder$ norm

I'm studying some basic notions of Young Integration and I got stuck with the so called "Link between $p-variation$ and $Holder$ norm" found on the wikipedia page: the criminal page. In particular it says that if $f$ has finite $p-variation$ and it…
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Distribution of $p$-variation of Brownian motion

Given a path $x:[0,T]\to\mathbb{R}$, and $p\ge 1$, we define the $p$-variation of $x$ by $$\|x\|_p := \sup_{\pi}\left(\sum_{[s,t]\in\pi} |x_t - x_s|^p\right)^{1/p},$$ where the supremum is taken over all (finite) partitions of $[0,T]$. (Note that…
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An exercise about p-variation

I have a question about p-variation. I'm reading A first Course in Sobolev Spaces by Giovanni Leoni. In this book, a confused construction is demanded (Exercise 2.26): Let $p\ge1$.Given a function $u:[a,b]\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ for every…
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Topology on space of full signatures in rough path theory

In Theorem 3.1 of this paper, the following result is formulated: Suppose $f:S_1 \to \mathbb{R}$ is a continuous function where $S_1$ is a compact subset of $S(\mathcal{V}^p(J,E))$. Then for any $\epsilon > 0$, there exists a linear functional $L…
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Two-way anova or One-way anova

I have to tested multiple reinforcement learning systems and record their performances [test-accuracy] based on two categories of [system-type] and [communication-level]. The system-type can be either one of the two types namely "centralized" or…
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How to show the 2-variation of Brownian motion sample paths is infinite

Brownian motion has bounded quadratic variation, however for almost every sample path, the $p$-variation is infinite for any $p>1/2$, where the $p$ variation takes the supremum over all possible partitions for a given path. How can I prove this is…
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p-Variation of a Semimartingale

I have two questions regarding the $p$-Variation of a Semimartingale: Let $X_t$ be a semimartingale on $[0,1]$ and $\Pi_n = \{t^n _k = \frac{k}{n}: 0 \leq k \leq n\} $ a partition of $[0,1]$. For $p >0$ we define the $p$-Variation-sum $V_{n,p}$…
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Question: For one survey (Combinatorics)

For one survey 39 students from first, second and third year must be chosen, so that at least 8 students are from first year, and at least 3 students from second year. How many possible ways are there to make this? I tried to use the combinations…
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