Exact ascending ladder transform #
The finite positive boundary potential identifies the semigroup rate, fixing the normalization without an adjustable multiplicative constant.
theorem
BGW.StableTrees.integral_exp_neg_supLadder
{θ : ℝ}
(hθ : 1 < θ ∧ θ ≤ 2)
(z : NNReal)
{q lam : ℝ}
(hq : 0 ≤ q)
(hlam : 0 ≤ lam)
:
∫ (f : Skorokhod.DLoc), Real.exp (-q * ↑(supLadderTime θ z f) - lam * supLadderHeight θ z f) ∂↑(stableLocalLaw θ) = Real.exp (-↑z * supLadderExponent θ q lam) ∧ ∫ (f : Skorokhod.DLoc), Real.exp (-q * ↑(supLadderTime θ z f)) ∂↑(stableLocalLaw θ) = Real.exp (-↑z * q ^ (1 - 1 / θ)) ∧ ∫ (f : Skorokhod.DLoc), Real.exp (-lam * supLadderHeight θ z f) ∂↑(stableLocalLaw θ) = Real.exp (-↑z * lam ^ (θ - 1))
Joint ladder transform (normalization c = 1)
at every deterministic level z ≥ 0, and its two marginals (κ(q,0) = q^{1-1/θ},
κ(0,λ) = λ^{θ-1}): E exp(-q A_z - λ B_z) = exp(-z κ(q, λ)) for q, λ ≥ 0.
References: Bertoin, Lévy Processes, Chapter VI; Kyprianou, Fluctuations of Lévy Processes with Applications, Chapter 6.