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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2017 iii Paper 202 5 d Solution by
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Let , the first time reaches zero. Recurrence of one-dimensional Brownian motion implies almost surely. On the common event where the comparison from part (c) holds, would imply , a contradiction. ThereforeThe argument only uses the comparison at a time strictly before ; it does not assume that the singular drift integral is finite at . The given lifetime characterization identifies this finite endpoint with approach to zero. Any extension that absorbs at zero would be a different, globally defined stochastic process, not the positive-domain maximal local solution of a stochastic differential equation specified here.
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