Itô calculus

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Itô calculus is a branch of stochastic analysis that extends classical calculus to functions of stochastic processes, particularly Brownian motion, enabling rigorous treatment of stochastic differential equations.

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Itô integral 4
Ito calculus 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of mathematics
stochastic analysis
stochastic calculus
appliesTo Brownian motion
Itô processes
stochastic processes
coreConcept Itô calculus self-linksurface differs
surface form: Itô integral

Itô’s lemma
adapted process
filtration
local martingale
martingale
predictable process
quadratic variation
stochastic differential equation
stopping time
coreObject Brownian motion
semimartingales
developedBy Kiyoshi Itô
distinguishesFrom Stratonovich calculus
enables martingale representation theorems
rigorous definition of stochastic integrals
solution of stochastic differential equations
extends classical calculus
feature martingale property of Itô integral
non-anticipative integrands
non-classical chain rule
presence of quadratic variation term
field probability theory
stochastic processes
historicalDevelopment mid 20th century
namedAfter Kiyoshi Itô
relatedConcept Doob–Meyer decomposition
Feynman–Kac formula
Girsanov theorem
surface form: Girsanov’s theorem

stochastic exponential
usedIn Black–Scholes model
filtering theory
interest rate modeling
mathematical finance
neuroscience modeling
option pricing theory
population dynamics
quantitative risk management
statistical physics
stochastic control
uses Lebesgue integration
measure theory
probability measure

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Itô calculus coreConcept Itô calculus self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Itô integral
this entity surface form: Itô integral
Kiyoshi Itô knownFor Itô calculus
Kiyoshi Itô notableConcept Itô calculus
subject surface form: Martingale representation theorem
this entity surface form: Itô integral
Itô’s lemma relatesTo Itô calculus
this entity surface form: Itô integral
Itô processes usedIn Itô calculus
subject surface form: Itô process
Black–Scholes model uses Itô calculus
this entity surface form: Ito calculus
Feynman–Kac formula uses Itô calculus
Girsanov theorem uses Itô calculus