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Let $X$ be a standard Markov process. We prove that a space inversion property of $X$ implies the existence of a Kelvin transform of $X$-harmonic, excessive and operator-harmonic functions and that the inversion property is inherited by Doob $h$-transforms. We determine new classes of processes having space inversion properties amongst transient processes {satisfying the} time inversion property. {For these processes, some explicit inversions, which are often not the spherical ones, and excessive functions are given explicitly.} We treat in details the examples of free scaled power Bessel processes, non-colliding Bessel particles, Wishart processes, Gaussian Ensemble and Dyson Brownian Motion.

We start by introducing a nonlinear involution operator which maps the space of solutions of Sturm-Liouville equations into the space of solutions of the associated equations which turn out to be nonlinear ordinary differential equations. We study some algebraic and analytical properties of this involution operator as well as some properties of a two-parameter family of operators describing the set of solutions of Sturm-Liouville equations. Next, we show how a specific composition of these mappings allows us to connect, by means of a simple analytical expression, the law of the first passage time of a Brownian motion over a curve to a two-parameter family of curves. We offer three different proofs of this fact which may be of independent interests. In particular, one is based on the construction of parametric time-space harmonic transforms of the law of some Gauss-Markov processes. Another one, which is of algebraic nature, relies on the Lie group symmetry methods applied to the heat equation and reveals that our two-parameter transformation is the unique nontrivial one.

We review and study a one-parameter family of functional transformations, denoted by (S (β)) β∈ℝ, which, in the case β

A class of Volterra transforms, preserving the Wiener measure, with kernels of Goursat type is considered. Such kernels satisfy a self-reproduction property. We provide some results on the inverses of the associated Gramian matrices which lead to a new self-reproduction property. A connection to the classical reproduction property is given. Results are then applied to the study of a class of singular linear stochastic differential equations together with the corresponding decompositions of filtrations. The studied equations are viewed as non-canonical decompositions of some generalized bridges.

We consider a class of Volterra linear transforms of Brownian motion associated to a sequence of Müntz Gaussian spaces and determine explicitly their kernels; the kernels take a simple form when expressed in terms of Müntz-Legendre polynomials. These are new explicit examples of progressive Gaussian enlargement of a Brownian filtration. We give a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of kernels of infinite order associated to an infinite dimensional Müntz Gaussian space; we also examine when the transformed Brownian motion remains a semimartingale in the filtration of the original process. This completes some already obtained partial answers to the aforementioned problems in the infinite dimensional case.

Let $X$ be a regular linear diffusion whose state space is an open interval $E\subseteq\mathbb{R}$. We consider a diffusion $X^*$ which probability law is obtained as a Doob $h$-transform of the law of $X$, where $h$ is a positive harmonic function for the infinitesimal generator of $X$ on $E$. This is the dual of $X$ with respect to $h(x)m(dx)$ where $m(dx)$ is the speed measure of $X$. Examples include the case where $X^*$ is $X$ conditioned to stay above some fixed level. We provide a construction of $X^*$ as a deterministic inversion of $X$, time changed with some random clock. The study involves the construction of some inversions which generalize the Euclidean inversions. Brownian motion with drift and Bessel processes are considered in details., 19 pages

We give an analytical expression for the joint Laplace transform of the L-1 and L-2 norms of a 3-dimensional Bessel bridge. We derive the results by using merely probabilistic arguments. More precisely we show that the law of this functional is closely connected with the one of the first passage time of an Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process. The motivation for studying this problem are multiple; as an instance, they include the computation of the density of the first passage time of Brownian motion over some moving boundaries such as the square root and the quadratic ones.

We define a generalized Brownian bridge and we provide some information about its filtration. Two decompositions of this process as a semi-martingale are given. The first one is a Volterra decomposition and the second one is its canonical decomposition in its own filtration.

We study the three-dimensional joint distribution of a Brownian motion and the integrals of its exponential and its exponential squared from some points of view. We show an explicit expression of the Laplace transform of the distribution, which gives an extension of Yor’s resutlt on the two-dimensional one. We apply the result to some problems, in particular, to the calculation of an explicit form of the heat kernel of the semigroup generated by the Maass Laplacian on the Poincare upper half plane.