## The Annals of Applied Probability

### A stochastic Stefan-type problem under first-order boundary conditions

Marvin S. Müller

#### Abstract

Moving boundary problems allow to model systems with phase transition at an inner boundary. Motivated by problems in economics and finance, we set up a price-time continuous model for the limit order book and consider a stochastic and nonlinear extension of the classical Stefan-problem in one space dimension. Here, the paths of the moving interface might have unbounded variation, which introduces additional challenges in the analysis. Working on the distribution space, the Itô–Wentzell formula for SPDEs allows to transform these moving boundary problems into partial differential equations on fixed domains. Rewriting the equations into the framework of stochastic evolution equations and stochastic maximal $L^{p}$-regularity, we get existence, uniqueness and regularity of local solutions. Moreover, we observe that explosion might take place due to the boundary interaction even when the coefficients of the original problem have linear growths.

#### Article information

Source
Ann. Appl. Probab., Volume 28, Number 4 (2018), 2335-2369.

Dates
Revised: July 2017
First available in Project Euclid: 9 August 2018

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aoap/1533780275

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1214/17-AAP1359

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3843831

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
06974753

#### Citation

Müller, Marvin S. A stochastic Stefan-type problem under first-order boundary conditions. Ann. Appl. Probab. 28 (2018), no. 4, 2335--2369. doi:10.1214/17-AAP1359. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aoap/1533780275

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