Brownian motion shifted at its finite-horizon maximum

ID: brownian-motion-shifted-at-its-finite-horizon-maximum

Let be the first attainment of the maximum of standard Brownian motion on , with . Time reversal shows with probability one. Then for , an initial interval of positive length. Standard Brownian motion has probability zero of this property by the Brownian reflection principle, so is not Brownian. Moreover is not a stopping time for the natural Brownian filtration: for , , which is strictly between zero and one on . The Strong Markov property is therefore inapplicable at this random time.

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