 Critical exponential moment of a drifted Brownian hitting time (source code)

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= Critical exponential moment of a drifted Brownian hitting time
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For $a>0$ and $T_a=\inf\{t\geq0:B_t+t=a\}$,
$$
\mathbb E e^{T_a/2}=e^a.
$$
Changing measure with the density $e^{-B_t-t/2}$ turns $B_t+t$ into Brownian motion. At $T_a$ the density equals $e^{-a+T_a/2}$, and Brownian motion hits $a$ almost surely.

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