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Use the positive exponential Brownian martingaleThe strong law for Brownian motion, $W_t/t\to 0$, makes its exponent tend to $-\infty$ and hence $M_t\to 0$. If $S={\sup }_{t\ge 0}(W_t-\lambda t)$, then $\sup M=e^{2\lambda S}$. Part (b) gives, for $x>0$,Thus the maximum is exponentially distributed with rate $2\lambda$:There is no atom at zero, by letting $x\downarrow 0$ in the tail. This is the infinite-horizon crossing probability for Brownian motion with negative drift.

It is enough by Scaling invariance of SLE and reflection in the imaginary axis to treat $x=1$. Take $r=1+ϵ$. The drifttends to $(\kappa -8)/2<0$ as $z\to -\infty$. Choose $L<0$ and $a<0$ such that $b(z)\le a$ for $z\le L$. Before $\tilde{Z}$ reaches $L$,The infinite-horizon crossing probability for Brownian motion with negative drift shows that this process has a finite running maximum almost surely, so

Order preservation for the Loewner flow gives ${\tau }_1\le {\tau }_{1+ϵ}$. On $\{{\tau }_1<{\tau }_{1+ϵ}\}$, one has $V_t^1\to 0$ while $V_t^{1+ϵ}$ remains positive, so ${\tilde{Z}}_t\to +\infty$ and in particular $T_L<\infty$. HenceIf the trace itself hit the fixed boundary point $1$, then $1$ would be the right endpoint of the swallowed interval and ${\tau }_1<{\tau }_{1+ϵ}$ for every $ϵ>0$. Its probability is therefore zero. Scaling and reflection prove that SLE does not hit a fixed nonzero boundary point for every $x\in \mathbb{R}\setminus \{0\}$.

By continuity of Brownian motion, the event that the last strict crossing of $b$ occurs by time $t$ isApply part (b) with $a$ and $b$ interchanged and its time parameter replaced by $1/t$. This turns the right-hand side intoPart (c), now with drift $b$, barrier $a$, and horizon $1/t$, givesThis is the distribution function of the last passage time above a level for Brownian motion with negative drift. Taking $t\downarrow 0$ givesthe probability that the negatively drifted Brownian path never exceeds $b$, consistent with the infinite-horizon crossing probability for Brownian motion with negative drift.