 First-passage density of Brownian motion with positive drift (source code)

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= First-passage density of Brownian motion with positive drift

For $\tau_{a,b}=\inf\{t\geq0:B_t+bt=a\}$ with $a,b>0$,
$$
\mathbb P(\tau_{a,b}\in dt)
=\frac{a}{\sqrt{2\pi t^3}}
\exp\left(-\frac{(a-bt)^2}{2t}\right)dt.
$$
The Cameron-Martin likelihood at a driftless path hitting $a$ at time $t$ is $e^{ab-b^2t/2}$.

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