Cylindrical stochastic integration and applications to financial term structure modeling

Abstract

We develop a novel - cylindrical - solution concept for stochastic evolution equations. Our motivation is to establish a Heath-Jarrow-Morton framework capable of analysing financial term structures with discontinuities, overcoming deep stochastic-analytic limitations posed by mild or weak solution concepts. Our cylindrical approach, which we investigate in full generality, bypasses these difficulties and nicely mirrors the structure of a large financial market.

19 pages, 2 figures