Equivariance of the continuous-path process #
Let P be a conservative Feller sub-Markov kernel semigroup on alpha with a Kolmogorov-regular
continuous-path process, let e : alpha ≃ₜ beta be a homeomorphism onto a second state space and
c > 0 a time factor, and let P' be the rescaled conjugate of P on beta, that is
P' t x = ((P (c * t)) (e.symm x)).map e. Then the continuous-path process of P' is the
continuous-path process of P started at e.symm x and pushed forward by the path map
omega ↦ fun t ↦ e (omega (c * t)).
The proof goes through the uniqueness theorem of MarkovProcess/Main.lean: the pushed-forward
kernel is a Markov kernel whose finite-dimensional distributions are computed from the Feller
marginal theorem for P at the rescaled times together with the finite-dimensional transfer
SubMarkovKernelSemigroup.IsRescaledConjugate.finiteSetKernel_eq.
Main results: ContinuousPath.rescale and its continuity and measurability;
SubMarkovKernelSemigroup.IsFellerKernelSemigroup.continuousProcess_map_finiteEvaluation_ordered,
the marginal of the continuous-path process at an arbitrary strictly increasing finite family of
times; SubMarkovKernelSemigroup.IsConservative.continuousProcess_eq_map_rescale and its
pointwise form continuousProcess_apply_rescale; the intrinsic form
continuousProcess_eq_map_rescale_of_hasKolmogorovMoments, whose only regularity hypothesis is a
Kolmogorov moment bound on P when e is an isometry; and the two degenerate corollaries, pure
time rescaling (continuousProcess_eq_map_timeRescale) and pure conjugation
(continuousProcess_eq_map_conjugate).
No scaling limit is asserted: c is a fixed positive factor and both semigroups are given in
advance. The two state spaces may coincide; the degenerate corollaries are stated on one space.
Time scaling, evaluated.
Speed a continuous path up by the factor c and conjugate its state by the homeomorphism
e.
Equations
- MarkovProcess.ContinuousPath.rescale e c omega = (↑e).comp (ContinuousMap.comp omega (MarkovProcess.ContinuousPath.timeScaling c))
Instances For
The rescaled path, evaluated: e applied to the path at the sped-up time.
Rescaling by the identity homeomorphism and the factor one is the identity.
Rescaling by the identity homeomorphism speeds the path up without touching the state.
Rescaling by the time factor one conjugates the state without touching the time.
Rescaling is jointly functorial in the homeomorphism and the time factor.
Rescaling is continuous for the compact-open topology.
Rescaling is Borel measurable on continuous-path space.
Reading a rescaled path at a finite set of times reads the original path at the sped-up times and conjugates the states.
Marginals at arbitrary ordered times. The law of the continuous-path process of a
conservative Feller semigroup, read at a strictly increasing finite family of nonnegative times,
is the finite-time kernel of P at those times. This is the finite-set marginal theorem of
MarkovProcess/Main.lean transported to an arbitrary strictly increasing indexing.
Equivariance of the continuous-path process. If P' is the rescaled conjugate of a
conservative Feller semigroup P by the homeomorphism e and the positive time factor c, then
the continuous-path process of P' is the continuous-path process of P, started at the
e-preimage of the initial state and pushed forward by the path map ContinuousPath.rescale e c.
The Feller hypothesis is needed only for P, because only the marginals of P at arbitrary real
times are used; P' enters through its Kolmogorov regularity alone.
The equivariance identity at a fixed starting state: the law of the process of P' started at
x is the law of the process of P started at e.symm x, pushed forward by the rescaling map.
Intrinsic form of the equivariance theorem. When the state map is an isometry, the
Kolmogorov moment criterion for P alone gives the regularity of both processes, by
IsRescaledConjugate.hasKolmogorovMoments; no hypothesis on P' beyond conservativity and the
intertwining is then needed.
Pure time rescaling. If the transition kernels of P' are those of P at the sped-up
times, then the continuous-path process of P' is the continuous-path process of P pushed
forward by the time change omega ↦ fun t ↦ omega (c * t). No state map is involved, so no
starting point has to be relabelled.
Pure conjugation. If the transition kernels of P' are those of P conjugated by a
homeomorphism e of the state space, then the continuous-path process of P' is the process of
P started at e.symm x and read through e at every time.