Fixed-level versus simultaneous Brownian passage-time equality

ID: fixed-level-versus-simultaneous-brownian-passage-time-equality

For standard Brownian motion, set and . The Strong Markov property and immediate positive excursions give almost surely for each fixed . However, these level-indexed processes are not indistinguishable stochastic processes. Almost surely the random level is positive and exceeds . It is first attained before time one but is not exceeded until after time one, so . The simultaneous-equality event therefore has probability zero. The strict passage process is the right-continuous choice needed for a subordinator.

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