A Characterization of the Spatial Poisson Process and Changing Time
Authors:
- Ely MerzbachEMEly Merzbach
- David NualartDNDavid Nualart
Open Access
- 1 October 1986
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Mathematical Statistics in The Annals of Probability
- Vol. 14 (4) , 1380-1390
Abstract
Watanabe proved that if $X_t$ is a point process such that $X_t - t$ is a martingale, then $X_t$ is a Poisson process and this result was generalized by Bremaud for doubly stochastic Poisson processes. Here we define two-parameter point processes and extend this property without needing the strong martingale condition. Using this characterization, we study the problem of transforming a two-parameter point process into a two-parameter Poisson process by means of a family of stopping lines as a time change. Nualart and Sanz gave conditions in order to transform a square integrable strong martingale into a Wiener process. Here, we do the same for the Poisson process by a similar method but under more general conditions.