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Stein's lemma, Malliavin calculus, and tail bounds, with application to polymer fluctuation exponent

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We consider a random variable X satisfying almost-sure conditions involving G:= where DX is X's Malliavin derivative and L-1 is the pseudo-inverse of the generator of the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck semigroup. A lower- (resp. upper-) bound condition on G is proved to imply a Gaussian-type lower (resp. upper) bound on the tail . Bounds of other natures are also given. A key ingredient is the use of Stein's lemma, including the explicit form of the solution of Stein's equation relative to the function , and its relation to G. Another set of comparable results is established, without the use of Stein's lemma, using instead a formula for the density of a random variable based on G, recently devised by the author and Ivan Nourdin. As an application, via a Mehler-type formula for G, we show that the Brownian polymer in a Gaussian environment, which is white-noise in time and positively correlated in space, has deviations of Gaussian type and a fluctuation exponent [chi]=1/2. We also show this exponent remains 1/2 after a non-linear transformation of the polymer's Hamiltonian.

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  • Viens, Frederi G., 2009. "Stein's lemma, Malliavin calculus, and tail bounds, with application to polymer fluctuation exponent," Stochastic Processes and their Applications, Elsevier, vol. 119(10), pages 3671-3698, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:spapps:v:119:y:2009:i:10:p:3671-3698
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    1. Nualart, D. & Ortiz-Latorre, S., 2008. "Central limit theorems for multiple stochastic integrals and Malliavin calculus," Stochastic Processes and their Applications, Elsevier, vol. 118(4), pages 614-628, April.
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