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Suppose the forward field is differentiable in maturity with the stochastic integrability needed for differentiation. As time increases, both arguments of $r_t=f(t,t)$ increase. The diagonal short-rate dynamics in the Heath-Jarrow-Morton model are thereforeUnder the HJM drift restriction from part (a), ${\alpha }^Q(t,t)=0$, givingMore explicitly the slope isIt depends on the forward curve and potentially the whole history, not necessarily on $r_t$ alone. Without the stated maturity regularity, the original forward equations do not by themselves guarantee this classical Itô process formula for the diagonal.

The short rate need not be Markov, even with one Brownian factor and deterministic volatility. An explicit example of One Brownian factor does not imply a Markov short rate takes $f_0(T)=0$ and $\sigma (t,T)=T-t$. Its no-arbitrage forward drift is ${\alpha }^Q(t,T)=(T-t{)}^3/2$, soThe continuous rate history determines $W_t$ from the left derivative of $I_t$. Hence for $h>0$,But $W_t$ is not determined by $I_t$: joint normality, $\mathrm{Var}{I}_t=t^3/3$, and $\mathrm{Cov}(W_t,I_t)=t^2/2$ giveThus the conditional mean of the future given the whole rate history cannot be a function of the current rate alone, contradicting the Markov property. Enlarging the state to $(I_t,W_t)$ gives a two-dimensional Markov process; special HJM specifications can instead close on a single short rate.