Solution

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Write as an element of L2 space. Parts (iii) and (iv) show that is a centered Gaussian process with covariance function
In particular . The fourth moment of a centered normal random variable of variance is , so
The Kolmogorov continuity theorem, with moment exponent and time exponent , provides a continuous modification . At each finite set of times this modification of a stochastic process has the same joint law as .
For , the successive increments are Jointly Gaussian. The covariance of two increments on disjoint intervals equals the inner product of their disjoint interval indicators and is zero. Zero cross-covariances of Jointly Gaussian variables imply independence, and each increment has variance . Finally in L2 space, so almost surely. Therefore
Independence from the whole past in its natural Brownian filtration follows by extending finite-dimensional independence to the generated sigma-algebra.

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