Abstract
Let $f=(f_n)_{n\geq 0}$ be a nonnegative submartingale starting from $x$ and let $g=(g_n)_{n\geq 0}$ be a sequence starting from $y$ and satisfying $$|dg_n|\leq |df_n|,\quad |\mathbb{E}(dg_n|\mathcal{F}_{n-1})|\leq \mathbb{E}(df_n|\mathcal{F}_{n-1})$$ for $n\geq 1$. We determine the best universal constant $U(x,y)$ such that $$\mathbb{P}(\sup_ng_n\geq 0)\leq ||f||_1+U(x,y).$$ As an application, we deduce a sharp weak type $(1,1)$ inequality for the one-sided maximal function of $g$ and determine, for any $t\in [0,1]$ and $\beta\in\mathbb{R}$, the number $$ L(x,y,t,\beta)=\inf\{||f||_1: \mathbb{P}(\sup_ng_n\geq \beta)\geq t\}.$$ The estimates above yield analogous statements for stochastic integrals in which the integrator is a nonnegative submartingale. The results extend some earlier work of Burkholder and Choi in the martingale setting.
Highlights
The purpose of this paper is to study some new sharp estimates for submartingales and their differential subordinates
Let us start with introducing the necessary background and notation
We conclude this section by the observation that the results above yield some new and interesting sharp estimates for stochastic integrals in which the integrator is a nonnegative submartingale
Summary
The purpose of this paper is to study some new sharp estimates for submartingales and their differential subordinates. Following Burkholder [5], we say that g is strongly differentially subordinate to f , if |g0| ≤ | f0| and the condition (1.1) holds. This is the case when g is a transform of f by a predictable sequence v = (vn)n≥0, bounded in absolute value by 1. If g satisfies the one-sided bound (g∗ ≥ β) = 1, || f ||1 ≥ |x| ∨ (β − x) and the expression on the right is the best possible This result was generalized by Choi [9] to the case when t ∈ [0, 1] is arbitrary.
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