## The Annals of Probability

### Asymptotic error distributions for the Euler method for stochastic differential equations

#### Abstract

We are interested in the rate of convergence of the Euler scheme approximation of the solution to a stochastic differential equation driven by a general (possibly discontinuous) semimartingale, and by the asymptotic behavior of the associated normalized error. It is well known that for Itô’s equations the rate is $1/ \sqrt{n}$; we provide a necessary and sufficient condition for this rate to be $1/ \sqrt{n}$ when the driving semimartingale is a continuous martingale, or a continuous semimartingale under a mild additional assumption; we also prove that in these cases the normalized error processes converge in law.

The rate can also differ from $1/ \sqrt{n}$: this is the case for instance if the driving process is deterministic, or if it is a Lévy process without a Brownian component. It is again $1/ \sqrt{n}$ when the driving process is Lévy with a nonvanishing Brownian component, but then the normalized error processes converge in law in the finite-dimensional sense only, while the discretized normalized error processes converge in law in the Skorohod sense, and the limit is given an explicit form.

#### Article information

Source
Ann. Probab., Volume 26, Number 1 (1998), 267-307.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 31 May 2002

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aop/1022855419

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1214/aop/1022855419

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR1617049

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
0937.60060

#### Citation

Jacod, Jean; Protter, Philip. Asymptotic error distributions for the Euler method for stochastic differential equations. Ann. Probab. 26 (1998), no. 1, 267--307. doi:10.1214/aop/1022855419. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aop/1022855419

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