Feynman–Kac formula

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The Feynman–Kac formula is a fundamental result connecting solutions of certain partial differential equations with expectations over stochastic processes, forming a bridge between quantum mechanics, probability theory, and mathematical finance.

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instanceOf mathematical formula ⓘ
result in stochastic analysis ⓘ
theorem in probability theory ⓘ
tool in mathematical physics ⓘ
appliesTo certain elliptic partial differential equations ⓘ
linear parabolic partial differential equations ⓘ
assumes existence of a corresponding diffusion process ⓘ
sufficient regularity of coefficients in the PDE ⓘ
centralIn probabilistic potential theory ⓘ
stochastic control and dynamic programming ⓘ
characterizes solutions of Schrödinger-type equations via path integrals ⓘ
solutions of the heat equation via Brownian motion ⓘ
connects partial differential equations ⓘ
stochastic processes ⓘ
expresses PDE solution as discounted expectation of terminal payoff ⓘ
field mathematical finance ⓘ
mathematical physics ⓘ
partial differential equations ⓘ
probability theory ⓘ
stochastic processes ⓘ
generalizedBy backward stochastic differential equations ⓘ
nonlinear Feynman–Kac formulas ⓘ
historicalOrigin work of Mark Kac on probabilistic representations of PDEs ⓘ
work of Richard Feynman on path integrals ⓘ
interpretedAs rigorous version of Feynman path integral in imaginary time ⓘ
involves Brownian motion with drift ⓘ
Markov processes ⓘ
expectation with respect to a stochastic process ⓘ
namedAfter Mark Kac ⓘ
Richard Feynman ⓘ
provides integral representation of solutions to PDEs ⓘ
probabilistic representation of PDE solutions ⓘ
relatedTo Girsanov theorem ⓘ
Kolmogorov backward equation ⓘ
Kolmogorov forward equation ⓘ
relates Brownian motion ⓘ
Schrödinger-type equations ⓘ
expectations of functionals of diffusion processes ⓘ
solutions of parabolic partial differential equations ⓘ
usedIn Euclidean quantum field theory ⓘ
Schrödinger equation analysis ⓘ
derivatives valuation ⓘ
heat equation analysis ⓘ
option pricing theory ⓘ
quantum mechanics ⓘ
risk-neutral valuation ⓘ
uses Itô calculus ⓘ
stochastic integrals ⓘ

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