Deriving a Wiener Integral Identity by Stochastic Integration by Parts
Summary
The document derives an identity for integrating a deterministic function against a Wiener process over time. It defines the running integral of the function and applies the Itô product rule to that process and the Wiener process. Since the running integral has finite variation, its quadratic covariation with the Wiener process is zero, leaving the two integral terms that rearrange to give the stated identity.
The alternative derivation uses stochastic integration by parts and the fact that the Wiener process starts at zero. Both arguments assume the integrand is deterministic and sufficiently well behaved for the ordinary and stochastic integrals to exist. The result is a symbolic derivation rather than a numerical example or trading application; the document does not specify detailed regularity conditions on the function.
Key ideas
- Define the time-varying factor as the cumulative ordinary integral of the deterministic function.
- The Itô product rule relates its product with the Wiener process to ordinary and stochastic integrals.
- The quadratic covariation vanishes because the cumulative integral has finite variation.
- Rearranging the product identity yields the requested expression.
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# Integration on Wiener Process
# Integration on Wiener Process
How can I show that below equation holds ?
$\int\limits_{0}^{t} f \left( s \right)W_s ds = W_t \int\limits_{0}^{t}f \left( s \right)ds - \int\limits_{0}^{t}\int\limits_{0}^{s} f\left( u \right)dudW_s $
$W_t$ is regular Wiener process.
## Answer by ir7 (score 6, accepted)
https://quant.stackexchange.com/a/57078
Let
$$g_s = \int_0^s f_u du$$
By Ito-Leibniz product rule:
$$ d(W_sg_s) = W_sdg_s+ g_sdW_s +d[g,W]_s $$
Assuming $f_s$ is deterministic, $d[g,W]_s = 0$ and we get:
$$ d(W_sg_s) = W_sdg_s + g_sdW_s $$ In integral form, this is:
$$ W_tg_t = \int_0^t W_sdg_s + \int_0^t g_sdW_s $$
Getting back to $f$:
$$ W_t \int_0^t f_u du = \int_0^t W_sf_sds + \int_0^t \int_0^s f_u du dW_s $$
## Answer by StackG (score 5)
https://quant.stackexchange.com/a/57079
We can use Stochastic Integration by Parts to show this.
Taking the corollary from the link above \begin{align} X_t Y_t = X_0 Y_0 + \int_0^t X_s dY_s + \int_0 ^t Y_{s-} dX_s \end{align}
We set $X_t$ and $Y_t$ equal to the following: \begin{align} X_t &\to \int_0^t f(u) du\\ Y_t &\to W_t \end{align}
then \begin{align} W_t \int_0^t f(u) du &= W_0 \int_0^0 f(u) du + \int_0^t \Bigl( \int_0^s f(u) du \Bigr) dW_s + \int_0^t W_s d\Bigl( \int_0^s f(u) du \Bigr)\\ \end{align}
The second term is $0$ (since the integration range is $0$ and $W_0 = 0$). The fourth term simplifies via the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus which says $d\Bigl( \int_0^s f(u) du \Bigr) = f(s)ds\\\\$, so: \begin{align} W_t \int_0^t f(u) du &= \int_0^t \int_0^s f(u) du dW_s + \int_0^t W_s f(s)ds\\ \int_0^t W_s f(s)ds &= W_t \int_0^t f(u) du - \int_0^t \Bigl( \int_0^s f(u) du \Bigr) dW_s \end{align}
which is the expression in your question.Shown in full with attribution under the source's licence. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 (Stack Exchange)
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