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Homework Statement
Using Ito's lemma to find the SDE satisfied by ##U## given that ##U = ln(Y)## and ##Y## satisfies:
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dY = \frac{1}{2Y}dt + dW
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Y(0) = Y_0
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Homework Equations
Ito's lemma.
The Attempt at a Solution
If ##U \equiv U(Y,t)## and ##dY = a(Y,t)dt + b(Y,t)dW##
Then ##dU = \left(\frac{\partial U}{\partial t} + a(Y,t)\frac{\partial U}{\partial Y} + \frac{1}{2}b(Y,t)^2\frac{\partial^2U}{\partial Y^2}\right)dt + b(Y,t)\frac{\partial U}{\partial Y}dW##
Here ##U = ln(Y)## and ##dY = \frac{1}{2Y}dt + dW##
##\frac{\partial U}{\partial t}=0##, ##\frac{\partial U}{\partial Y} = \frac{1}{Y}##, ##\frac{\partial^2 U}{\partial Y^2} = \frac{-1}{Y^2}##
Therefore:
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dU = \left(0 + \frac{1}{2Y^2} - \frac{1}{2Y^2} \right)dt + \frac{1}{Y}dW
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dU = \frac{1}{Y}dW
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I *think* I've arrived at the right answer but given that I haven't done any kind of mathematics for nearly two decades, I wonder if somebody would be so kind as to critique my approach and let me know if the answer is right?
Any help, much appreciated.