Transfer Principle for nth Order Fractional Brownian Motion with Applications to Prediction and Equivalence in Law

Abstract

The $n$th order fractional Brownian motion was introduced by Perrin et al. It is the (upto a multiplicative constant) unique self-similar Gaussian process with Hurst index $H \in (n-1,n)$, having $n$th order stationary increments. We provide a transfer principle for the $n$th order fractional Brownian motion, i.e., we construct a Brownian motion from the $n$the order fractional Brownian motion and then represent the $n$the order fractional Brownian motion by using the Brownian motion in a non-anticipative way so that the filtrations of the $n$the order fractional Brownian motion and the associated Brownian motion coincide. By using this transfer principle, we provide the prediction formula for the $n$the order fractional Brownian motion and also a representation formula for all the Gaussian processes that are equivalent in law to the $n$th order fractional Brownian motion.

20 pages, 20 figures