Chain rule and convergence theorems for stochastic integrals (with respect to continuous semimartingales), integration by parts, multi-dimensional Ito formula with applications, Tanaka's formula, local Ito formula and Ito formula for holomorphic functions, stochastic exponential of continuous semimartingales, stochastic logarithm, Lévy's characterization of standard Brownian motion, Girsanov's theorem, change of drift using Girsanov's theorem, Doob's upcrossing inequality, Doob's convergence theorems for submartingales, representation of Brownian local martingales, Kazamaki's and Novikov's criterion, Novikov's local criterion, Benes criterion
Registered students (to part 1 of the course) have access to an English script in electronic format with numerous references. The script will be updated on a continuing basis.
Additional literature:
Olav Kallenberg: Foundations of Modern Probability. 2. Edition, Springer-Verlag, 2002, ISBN 0-387-953113-2.
Daniel Revuz and Marc Yor: Continuous Martingales and Brownian Motion, 3. Edition, Springer-Verlag, 1999, ISBN 3-540-64325-7.
Ioannis Karatzas und Steven E. Shreve: Brownian Motion and Stochastic Calculus. 2. Edition, Springer-Verlag, ISBN 0-38797-655-8.
Bernt Øksendal: Stochastic Differential Equations: An Introduction with Applications. 6. Edition, Springer-Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-54004-758-2.
Foundations:
David Williams: Probability with Martingales. Cambridge University Press, 1991, ISBN 0-521-40605-6.
Heinz Bauer: Maß- und Integrationstheorie. 2. Edition, De Gruyter, 1992, ISBN 3-11013-626-0.
Heinz Bauer: Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie. 5. Edition, De Gruyter, 2002, ISBN 3-11017-236-4.
