Feller process
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In mathematics, a Feller process is a particular kind of stochastic process.
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Let X be some locally compact topological space with a countable base. Let denote the space of all continuous functions
with compact support with the uniform norm.
A Feller semigroup on is a collection
of positive linear maps from
to itself such that
and
for all
;
- the semigroup property:
for all
;
for every
A Feller transition function is a probability transition function associated with a Feller semigroup.
A Feller process is a Markov process with a Feller transition function.