separable and by an argument of boundedness of the second marginal of any accumulation point, thanks to H
Q µ
, we show the tightness in D[0, T ],
M
F
, w. The proof is complete when we prove the uniqueness of any accumulation point.
3.1 Proof of the tightness result
We want to show successively: 1. Tightness of
L ν
N ,
ω
in D[0, T ], M
F
, v, 2. Equation verified by any accumulation point,
3. Characterization of the marginals of any limit,
4. Convergence in D[0, T ], M
F
, w.
3.1.1 Equation verified by
ν
N ,
ω
For f ∈ C
2 b
S
1
× R, we denote by f
′
, f
′′
the first and second derivative of f with respect to the first variable. Moreover, if m
∈ M
1
S
1
× R, then m
, f stands for
R
S
1
×R
f x ,
πm dx, dπ. Applying Ito’s formula to 11, we get, for all f
∈ C
2 b
S
1
× R, D
ν
N ,
ω t
, f E
= D
ν
N ,
ω
, f E
+ 1
2 Z
t
ds ¬
ν
N ,
ω s
, f
′′
¶ +
Z
t
ds ¬
ν
N ,
ω s
, f
′
· b[·, ν
N ,
ω s
] + c ¶
+ M
N , f
t, where M
N , f
t :=
1 N
P
N j=
1
R
t
f
′
x
N ,
ω j
, ω
j
dB
j
s is a martingale f
′
bounded.
3.1.2 Tightness of
L ν
N ,
ω
in D[0, T ], M
F
, v C
c
S
1
× R is separable: let f
k k
≥1
elements of C
∞
S
1
× R a dense sequence in C
c
S
1
× R, and
let f ≡ 1. We define Ω := D[0, T ], M
1
, v and the applications Π
f
, f ∈ C
c
S
1
× R by:
Π
f
: Ω
→ D[0, T ], R
m 7→
m , f
. Let P
n n
a sequence of probabilities on Ω and Π
f
P
n
= P
n
◦ Π
−1 f
∈ D[0, T ], R. We recall the
following result:
Lemma 3.1. If for all k
≥ 0, the sequence Π
f
k
P
n n
is tight in M
1
D[0, T ], R, then the sequence P
n n
is tight in M
1
D[0, T ], M
1
, v.
805
Hence, it suffices to have a criterion for tightness in D[0, T ], R. Let X
n t
be a sequence of
processes in D[0, T ], R and
F
n t
a sequence of filtrations such that X
n
is F
n
-adapted. Let
φ
n
= {stopping times for F
n
}. We have cf. Billingsley [4]:
Lemma 3.2 Aldous’ criterion. If the following holds,
1. L
sup
t ≤T
X
n t
n
is tight, 2. For all
ǫ 0 and η 0, there exists δ 0 such that lim sup
n
sup
S ,S
′
∈φ
n
;S ≤S
′
≤S+δ∧T
P
X
n S
− X
n S
′
η
≤ ǫ, then
L X
n
is tight.
Proposition 3.3. The sequence
L ν
N ,
ω
is tight in D[0, T ], M
F
, v. Proof.
For all ǫ 0, for all k ≥ 1 the case k = 0 is straightforward,
P
sup
t ≤T
D ν
N ,
ω t
, f
k
E 1
ǫ
≤ ǫ f
k ∞
E
sup
t ≤T
D ν
N ,
ω t
, 1 E
| {z
}
=1
, Markov Inequality.
The tightness follows. For all k
≥ 1, we have the following decomposition: D
ν
N ,
ω t
, f
k
E =
D ν
N ,
ω
, f
k
E + A
N ,
ω t
f
k
+ M
N ,
ω t
f
k
, where A
N ,
ω t
f
k
is a process of bounded variations, and M
N ,
ω t
f
k
is a square-integrable martin- gale. Then it suffices to verify Lemma 3.2, 2 for A and M separately. For all
ǫ 0 and η 0, for all stopping times S, S
′
∈ φ
N
; S ≤ S
′
≤ S + δ ∧ T , we have: a
N
:= P
A
N ,
ω S
′
f
k
− A
N ,
ω S
f
k
η
, ≤
1 η
E
Z
S
′
S
ds ¬
ν
N ,
ω s
, f
′ k
· b[·, ν
N ,
ω s
] + c ¶
+ 1
η
E
1
2 Z
S
′
S
ds ¬
ν
N ,
ω s
, f
′′ k
¶
,
≤ C
η
E S
′
− S ≤ ǫ, for δ sufficiently small.
we use here that f
k
are of compact support for k ≥ 1; in particular the function x, π 7→
f
′ k
x, πcx, π is bounded. Furthermore,
P
M
N ,
ω S
′
f
k
− M
N ,
ω S
f
k
η
= P M
N ,
ω S
′
f
k
− M
N ,
ω S
f
k 2
η
2
, ≤
1 η
2
E M
N ,
ω S
′
f
k
− M
N ,
ω S
f
k 2
, ≤
1 N η
2
E
N
X
i= 1
Z
S
′
S
f
′2 k
x
i s
, ω
i
ds
≤
C N
η
2
δ.
806
At this point, L ν
N ,
ω
is tight in D[0, T ], M
F
, v.
3.1.3 Equation satisfied by any accumulation point in D[0, T ],