A criterion for absolute continuity relative to the law of fractional Brownian motion

Abstract

Let $X$ be the sum of a fractional Brownian motion with Hurst parameter $H$ and an absolutely continuous and adapted drift process. We establish a simple criterion that guarantees that the law of $X$ is absolutely continuous with respect to the law of the original fractional Brownian motion. For $H<1/2$, the trajectories of the derivative of the drift need to be bounded by an almost surely finite random variable; for $H>1/2$, they need to satisfy a H\"older condition with some exponent larger than $2H-1$. These are almost-sure conditions, and no expectation requirements are imposed. For the case in which $X$ arises as the solution of a nonlinear stochastic integral equation driven by fractional Brownian motion, we provide a simple criterion on the drift coefficient under which the law of $X$ is automatically equivalent to the one of fractional Brownian motion.