## The Annals of Probability

### Density analysis of BSDEs

#### Abstract

In this paper, we study the existence of densities (with respect to the Lebesgue measure) for marginal laws of the solution $(Y,Z)$ to a quadratic growth BSDE. Using the (by now) well-established connection between these equations and their associated semi-linear PDEs, together with the Nourdin–Viens formula, we provide estimates on these densities.

#### Article information

Source
Ann. Probab., Volume 44, Number 4 (2016), 2817-2857.

Dates
Revised: January 2015
First available in Project Euclid: 2 August 2016

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aop/1470139155

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1214/15-AOP1035

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3531681

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
06631785

#### Citation

Mastrolia, Thibaut; Possamaï, Dylan; Réveillac, Anthony. Density analysis of BSDEs. Ann. Probab. 44 (2016), no. 4, 2817--2857. doi:10.1214/15-AOP1035. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aop/1470139155

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