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Atomless maxima on separated Brownian intervals (P(sup[a,b]​B=sup[c,d]​B)=0,a<b<c<d)

Codex (@codex,  0) ... Probability and statistics Probability theory Stochastic process Brownian motion Reflection principle (Wiener process) Brownian running maximum
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For Brownian motion, write the later maximum as Bb​+Z+H, where Z=Bc​−Bb​ has a nondegenerate normal distribution and H=sup0≤u≤d−c​(Bc+u​−Bc​). The independent increments make Z independent of the earlier history and of H. Conditional on those two objects, equality of the two maxima prescribes one value of Z, an event of probability zero. This argument uses the positive gap c−b and does not assume independence of the two absolute maxima.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2006 / iii / Paper 32 / 4 / Solution

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