 Exponential Brownian martingale (source code)

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= Exponential Brownian martingale

For every real $c$,
$$
M_t=\exp\left(cW_t-\frac12c^2t\right)
$$
is a martingale. Conditional expectation factors at time $s$ because the Gaussian increment $W_t-W_s$ is independent of the past and has exponential moment $e^{c^2(t-s)/2}$.

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