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For a Brownian motion with drift $X$, the process $X_T-X_{T-t}$ on $[0,T]$ has the same law as $X_t$. Thereforehave the same distribution, which equates the corresponding geometric-Brownian lookback payoffs.

For Brownian motion with drift $dX=dB+\mu dt$ in $(-b,b)$, the displayed probability of exiting at $-b$ follows by stopping the harmonic function $e^{-2\mu X}$. A unit-time increment larger than $2b$ has a uniform positive probability and forces exit, so the exit time has a geometric tail bound from a uniform escape probability and all polynomial moments. At zero drift the limiting probability is $(b-x)/(2b)$.

The laws on continuous paths of a standard Brownian motion and a Brownian motion with drift $\mu \ne 0$ are mutually singular measures on the whole half-line. The event ${\lim }_{t\to \infty }\omega (t)/t=0$ has full measure for the former and zero measure for the latter by the strong law for Brownian motion. On every fixed finite horizon, their laws are equivalent by the Girsanov theorem. The finite-horizon densities $e^{\mu B_t-{\mu }^{2}t/2}$ tend to zero almost surely while retaining expectation one, so they lack uniform integrability over all time.

Let ${\varphi }_T(y)=(2\pi T{)}^{-1/2}{e}^{-y^2/(2T)}$ be the normal distribution density. The Brownian reflection principle gives the killed endpoint densityIndeed, reflection after the first hit of $a$ maps paths ending below $a$ that have hit the barrier to paths ending at $2a-y$; symmetry gives ${\varphi }_T(2a-y)={\varphi }_T(y-2a)$.

By the Girsanov theorem, weighting the path law by $\exp (\nu W_T-{\nu }^{2}T/2)$ makes the coordinate process a Brownian motion with drift $\nu$. Completing the two squares yieldsIntegration up to $x\le a$ proves the joint endpoint and maximum law for drifted Brownian motion:Here $\Phi$ is the standard normal distribution function. Setting $x=a$ also gives a continuous barrier distribution, so equality at the barrier has zero probability.

For the up-and-in option, use the risk-neutral measure of the Black-Scholes model with interest rate $\rho$ and spot volatility $\sigma >0$. ThenAbove $a$, the barrier has certainly been reached. Below $a$, subtracting the killed density from the unrestricted endpoint density leaves $e^{2a\nu }{\varphi }_T(y-2a-\nu T)$. Thus the discounted expected value of its payoff isIn the second integral put $z=y-2a$, and defineThen $S_0{e}^{\sigma y}=S_0{e}^{\sigma z}/\kappa$, $z\le -a$ means $S_0{e}^{\sigma z}\le \kappa b$, and $e^{2a\nu }={\kappa }^{-\nu /\sigma }$. Both integrals now use the unrestricted terminal stock distribution. This proves that the reflected European payoff for an up-and-in option isTheir initial risk-neutral pricing values agree for payoffs with finite absolute expectations in these integrals. The identity concerns prices; the two terminal payoffs need not agree along individual paths.

First prove the strong law for Brownian motion, $B_t/t\to 0$ with probability one. For each $\epsilon >0$, the Gaussian tail bound givesBy stationary increments and the Brownian reflection principle, followed by the same tail bound,Both bounds are summable in $n$. The First Borel-Cantelli lemma therefore implies that, eventually, both quantities inside these probability events are at most $\epsilon n$. For $n\le t\le n+1$ this gives $|B_t|/t\le 2\epsilon$. Intersect over a sequence of positive rational $\epsilon$ tending to zero to obtain the asserted continuous-time limit.

On this one almost sure event,so $B_t+at\to +\infty$ for $a>0$ and to $-\infty$ for $a<0$. For each real $x$, the path is eventually strictly on the corresponding side of $x$. HenceThe same event works simultaneously for all levels $x$, giving the requested transience of Brownian motion with drift.