Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2012/iii/paper-34/3/b/solution

Let . The stopped logarithm lies between and , so the bounded local martingale criterion makes it a true bounded martingale. Also is finite almost surely. Indeed is a martingale, and applying its stopped identity through gives
monotone convergence theorem implies , hence almost surely. Boundedness permits dominated convergence theorem in the stopped logarithm as . Consequently
The standard results used are Itô's formula, the bounded-local-martingale criterion, the stopped martingale identity at bounded stopping times, and dominated/monotone convergence theorem. At exit the radius is either or by continuity. Solving also gives the planar Brownian annulus hitting probability

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