"""Generate brownian-paths-scaling.png in the caller's working directory. Tested with Python 3.14.4, numpy 2.3.5, matplotlib 3.10.7. Only finite Gaussian grid samples are generated; segments are interpolation. Run from _media: MPLCONFIGDIR=/tmp/brownian-mpl python3 ../brownian-paths-scaling.py """ from math import erf, sqrt from pathlib import Path import matplotlib matplotlib.use("Agg") import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np def main(): seed = 20261010 rng = np.random.default_rng(seed) horizon, n, c = 4.0, 4096, 4.0 times = np.linspace(0.0, horizon, n + 1) increments = rng.normal(0.0, sqrt(horizon / n), size=(4, n)) paths = np.column_stack((np.zeros(4), np.cumsum(increments, axis=1))) scaled_times, scaled_paths = times / c, paths / sqrt(c) assert np.allclose(np.diff(scaled_paths), increments / sqrt(c)) assert np.isclose((horizon / n) / c, scaled_times[1]) plt.rcParams.update({"font.size": 11, "axes.spines.top": False, "axes.spines.right": False}) fig, axes = plt.subplots(1, 2, figsize=(10, 4.8), dpi=120, facecolor="white") colors = ["#2878ad", "#c05a2a", "#24805e", "#8655a4"] for ax, t, samples in zip(axes, [times, scaled_times], [paths, scaled_paths]): ax.set_facecolor("white") for sample, color in zip(samples, colors): ax.plot(t, sample, color=color, lw=1.0) ax.plot(t, np.sqrt(t), "--", color="#333333", lw=1.25, label=r"Pointwise SD guides: $\pm\sqrt{t}$") ax.plot(t, -np.sqrt(t), "--", color="#333333", lw=1.25) ax.axhline(0, color="#bbbbbb", lw=0.7) ax.set_xlim(0, t[-1]) ax.set_xlabel("Time t") ax.grid(alpha=0.16) axes[0].set(title=r"Four sampled paths $B_t$ on [0, 4]", ylabel=r"$B_t$") axes[1].set(title=r"Rescaled samples $B_{4t}/2$ on [0, 1]", ylabel=r"$B_{4t}/2$") low = min(paths.min(), -sqrt(horizon)) - 0.15 high = max(paths.max(), sqrt(horizon)) + 0.15 axes[0].set_ylim(low, high) axes[1].set_ylim(low / sqrt(c), high / sqrt(c)) axes[0].legend(loc="lower left", fontsize=9, framealpha=0.95) fig.suptitle("Brownian scaling: time divided by 4, displacement divided by 2") fig.text(0.5, 0.025, f"Seed {seed}; 4,096 independent Gaussian increments per path. " "Connecting lines interpolate a finite grid.", ha="center", fontsize=9) fig.tight_layout(rect=(0, 0.055, 1, 0.94)) fig.savefig(Path.cwd() / "brownian-paths-scaling.png", facecolor="white", transparent=False) plt.close(fig) phi = lambda z: (1.0 + erf(z / sqrt(2.0))) / 2.0 print(f"P(|B_4| <= 1) = {2 * phi(0.5) - 1:.10f}") print(f"P(B_4 > 2) = {1 - phi(1):.10f}") print(f"P(|B_1| <= 1) = {2 * phi(1) - 1:.10f}") print("Increment SDs for h=1, 0.01, 0.0001: 1, 0.1, 0.01") print("Difference quotient SDs for those h: 1, 10, 100") print(f"Cov(B_1,B_4)=1; Corr(B_1,B_4)={1/sqrt(4):.1f}") assert abs((2 * phi(0.5) - 1) - 0.38292492254802624) < 1e-14 assert abs((1 - phi(1)) - 0.15865525393145707) < 1e-14 if __name__ == "__main__": main()