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Abstract Integral equations occure naturally in many fields of mechanics and matical physics. They also arise as representation formulas for the solutions of differential equations. Indeed, a differential equation can be replaced by an integral equation that incorporates its boundary conditions. Integral equations also form one of the most useful tools in many branches of pure analysis, such as functional analysis and stochastic processes (see [1], [2], [3], [4]).The theory of stochastic integral equations was initiated and developed by Kiyosi Ito. Kunita and Watanabe proposed a generalization of what is now called Ito integral, making use of P.A.Meyer’s decomposition theorem for supermartingales , they proposed a stochastic integral with respect to square integrable right continuous martingales. Meyer expanded their the- ory, and in particular a theory of stochastic integration for local martingales with continuous paths was developed, which includes Brownian motion as a special case. Mckean sets forth the basic theory, and Gihman and Skorohod consider somewhat different questions than Mckean does. The theory of stochastic integral equations is developed where continuous local martingales are admissible as differential . Statistical analysis of real world market indicates a long range dependence of stock market prices. But such a long range dependence is excluded in models based on Brownian mo- tion with deterministic coefficients. A possible modification seems to replace . |