• Bulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.44 no.1
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• pp.125-130
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• 2007

We propose a simple and intuitive method to derive the exact convergence rate of global $L_{2}-norm$ error for strong numerical approximation of stochastic differential equations the result of which has been reported by Hofmann and $M{\"u}ller-Gronbach\;(2004)$. We conclude that any strong numerical scheme of order ${\gamma}\;>\;1/2$ has the same optimal convergence rate for this error. The method clearly reveals the structure of global $L_{2}-norm$ error and is similarly applicable for evaluating the convergence rate of global uniform approximations.