Stochastic Caluclus: dt^2=0, dW*dt = 0?

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Can someone explain to me the rigorous meaning of statements like:

dt^2 = 0
dW*dt = 0
dW^2 = dt

Here W = W(t) is standard Brownian motion.

I know that a SDE such as

dX = f dW + g dt

rigorously means

X(t) = X(0) + \int_0^tfdW + \int_0^tgds

But what does dt^2 mean? And why is it equal to 0. Same with the other statements. Is the above definition useful for this?
 
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<br /> <br /> \text dW dT = 0 <br /> <br />

rigorously means \int_{t_{0}}^{t}G(t) dW dt = 0

for a non anticipating function G(t). And is the same for the others.
 
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