The Euler scheme for Feller processes

Björn Böttcher, Alexander Schnurr

Published 2009-11-27, updated 2010-06-30Version 2

We consider the Euler scheme for stochastic differential equations with jumps, whose intensity might be infinite and the jump structure may depend on the position. This general type of SDE is explicitly given for Feller processes and a general convergence condition is presented. In particular the characteristic functions of the increments of the Euler scheme are calculated in terms of the symbol of the Feller process in a closed form. These increments are increments of L\'evy processes and thus the Euler scheme can be used for simulation by applying standard techniques from L\'evy processes.