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Past exam of the stochastic differential equations and Brownian motion in complex analysis course of the University of Oxford 2009 B 6 a Solution by
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Let , the initial distance from the annulus center, and . The function is harmonic on the annulus, so its value along stopped planar Brownian motion is a local martingale by Itô's formula. It is bounded between and before exit, hence is a true bounded martingale.
By the assumed almost sure finiteness of , continuity, and dominated convergence,where is the inner-boundary exit probability. Solving gives the harmonic measure of an annulus:The two probabilities sum to one, as the exit must lie on one of the two circles.
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