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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2005 iii Paper 38 1 c Solution by
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The endpoint value printed in this part is erroneous. The correct conclusion isAlready gives convergence in probability to zero and rules out an almost sure limit of one.
To prove the stronger endpoint convergence, use time reversal of a Brownian bridge. Set , including . Both and are centered Gaussian processes, and for ,They therefore have the same finite-dimensional distributions. The path of is continuous at zero, since its stochastic integral is continuous there. In particular its values at positive rational times tend to zero at zero with probability one. Equality of the laws on the countable rational coordinates transfers this event to . The path of is continuous at every time in , so its supremum on any interval bounded away from zero is determined by rational times. The rational endpoint condition consequently implies as along all real times. Hence as , and setting gives a continuous version on the whole closed interval. This proof uses equality of coordinate laws, without assuming terminal continuity in advance.
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