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For two candidates $A,C$, their difference is a continuous adapted finite-variation process. It is also a local martingale, sinceApply part (b) after subtracting its initial value. ConsequentlyThis proves the uniqueness of an increasing square compensator when the initial value is prescribed, in particular under the standard quadratic variation normalization $A_0=C_0=0$.

The printed assertion omits that normalization and is literally false. For standard Brownian motion $Y$, both $A_t=t$ and $C_t=t+1$ are continuous adapted increasing processes; both $Y_t^2-t$ and $Y_t^2-t-1$ are martingales. Thus uniqueness holds after fixing the initial value; otherwise it holds only up to an initial constant.

Put $M_t={\int }_0^t{H}_{s}d{B}_s$ and $A_t={\int }_0^t{H}_s^{2}ds=[M{]}_t$. The assumed path properties make $A$ continuous, strictly increasing and unbounded. Therefore $T$ is a finite stopping time and $A_T={\sigma }^2$, even though its definition uses a strict inequality.

For $u\in \mathbb{R}$, the Itô formula givesIts real and imaginary parts are local martingales, and $|E_t|\le e^{u^2{\sigma }^2/2}$. Thus $E$ is a bounded true martingale. Continuity of $M$, finiteness of $T$, and dominated convergence yield $\mathbb{E}{E}_T=1$. Rearranging givesThe characteristic function uniquely identifies the distribution, proving the Gaussian terminal value at a deterministic bracket level:This proof does not use the time-change theorem that the later part asks us to prove.

Use one $d$-dimensional Brownian motion $W$ to couple the diffusion processesThe global existence theorem for stochastic differential equations with Lipschitz coefficients supplies a unique nonexplosive strong stochastic solution. Let $x$ be the deterministic drift trajectory. Subtraction and the Gronwall inequality give, on every finite horizon $t$,This also follows directly from the integral equations with continuous forcing, so the coupling can be chosen simultaneously for all $\epsilon$.

For completeness derive the needed Feynman-Kac formula with its potential sign. For fixed $t$, apply the Itô formula and the Itô product rule toIts drift is the exponential factor times $-u_t^{\epsilon }+({\epsilon }^2\Delta /2+b\cdot \nabla )u^{\epsilon }+c{u}^{\epsilon }$, which vanishes by the partial differential equation. It is a local martingale. Boundedness of $u^{\epsilon }$ on the finite time slab and boundedness of $c$ make $Y$ bounded there, so it is a true martingale. Its endpoint expectations giveThe deterministic trajectory on $[0,t]$ is compact. Uniform pathwise convergence puts all sufficiently small-noise paths in a fixed compact neighbourhood of that trajectory. Continuity of $c$ therefore implies ${\sup }_{s\le t}|c(X_s^{\epsilon })-c(x_s)|\to 0$; global uniform continuity of $c$ is not required. Continuity of $f$ gives convergence of the terminal factor. Finally,The dominated convergence theorem proves the zero-noise limit with a bounded potential:At $t=0$ this is the given initial condition. All boundedness arguments concern a fixed finite horizon; no uniform bound over infinite time is needed.

A Markov jump process, considered up to its explosion time, is an adapted càdlàg piecewise-constant process whose conditional future law given ${\mathcal{F}}_t$ depends only on its current state. Describe its rates by an off-diagonal kernel $q(x,dy)$ with finite total rate $q(x,E)$. In state $x$ the holding time has the exponential distribution with this rate, followed by a destination distributed as $q(x,dy)/q(x,E)$; a zero-rate state is absorbing. Its Markov jump-process generator acts byThe Markov property must hold relative to the specified filtration, not merely the natural filtration: future-revealing information could change the jump compensator.

Let $\mu$ count jumps, marked by their destination states. For this jump measure of a Markov jump process, the predictable compensator isThe compensated random-measure theorem says that a predictable $H(s,y)$ with $\mathbb{E}{\int }_0^t\int |H|d\nu <\infty$ gives a true martingaleThe same statement holds locally when that expected integrability is obtained after localization. The compensator identity applied to $1_A{1}_{(s,t]}H$, for $A\in {\mathcal{F}}_s$, shows that each increment has zero conditional expectation. Taking $H(s,y)=f(y)-f(X_{s-})$ gives the generator local martingale $f(X_t)-f(X_0)-{\int }_0^{t}Qf(X_s)ds$. This states the integrability conditions in the compensated jump-measure local martingale result explicitly.

For the birth-process claim first take the customary fixed initial state $X_0=i$. Write $N_t=X_t-i$, ${\Lambda }_t={\int }_0^t\lambda (X_s)ds$ and $a=e^{\theta }-1$. The compensator of $N$ is $\Lambda$, whose integrand may equivalently use $X_{s-}$ because jump times have zero Lebesgue measure. A birth multiplies $e^{\theta X}$ by $e^{\theta }$, so the jump product rule givesFor an explicit localization, stop at ${\tau }_n=\inf \{t:X_t\ge n\}\wedge n$ with $n>i$. Up to that time the statewise rates are bounded by the maximum of the finitely many rates below $n$, the jump count is bounded, and $M$ and its compensated-integral integrand are bounded on the finite stopped horizon. The compensated-measure theorem therefore makes each stopped process a true martingale. The times increase to the explosion lifetime (or infinity if there is no explosion), proving $M$ is a local martingale on $[0,\zeta )$ for every real $\theta$.

Now suppose $\lambda (j)\le C$ uniformly. For $C>0$, propose candidate births at the times of a rate-$C$ Poisson process, accepting each with probability $\lambda (X_{s-})/C$ using fresh independent uniform marks. While the state is fixed, Poisson thinning gives a holding time with the required exponential distribution of rate $\lambda$; accepted births have exactly the prescribed law. Thus there can be no explosion, and the true birth count $N_T$ is stochastically dominated by a Poisson random variable of mean $CT$. In particular,The case $C=0$ is constant and immediate. For every fixed horizon $T$ and all $s\le T$, including localization times,This is one integrable dominating variable for the entire stopped family. Conditional dominated convergence removes the localization and provesso the exponential martingale of a pure birth process is a genuine martingale for uniformly bounded rates. Only uniform integrability on each finite horizon is asserted; it need not be uniformly integrable over infinite time.

For a random initial state, the same proof requires $\mathbb{E}{e}^{\theta X_0}<\infty$. The source does not explicitly specify the initial distribution, so that qualification cannot be dropped: take constant rate one and an independent initial law $\mathbb{P}(X_0=n)=6/({\pi }^2{n}^2)$. For $\theta >0$, already $\mathbb{E}{M}_0=\infty$, precluding even the integrability in the definition of a martingale. The fixed-initial-state interpretation above supplies the intended complete proof; bounded rates alone do not remedy an arbitrary heavy-tailed initial law.

Take a complete, right-continuous filtration $({\mathcal{F}}_t)$, an increasing family of sigma-algebras. Adapted means that $X_t$ is ${\mathcal{F}}_t$-measurable at each $t$; càdlàg means right-continuous with left limits. A local martingale is an adapted càdlàg process $X$, with integrable initial value, for which there are stopping times ${\tau }_n\uparrow \infty$ almost surely such that each stopped process $X_t^{{\tau }_n}=X_{t\wedge {\tau }_n}$ is a true martingale. Such a sequence is a localizing sequence. A true martingale is integrable at each time and satisfies $\mathbb{E}(X_t\mid {\mathcal{F}}_s)=X_s$ for $s\le t$.

The necessary and sufficient condition is that $X$ is a Class DL process:A family $\mathcal{Z}$ is uniformly integrable if its members are integrable and ${\sup }_{Z\in \mathcal{Z}}\mathbb{E}(|Z|1_{\{|Z|>K\}})\to 0$ as $K\to \infty$. A stopping time $\tau$ satisfies $\{\tau \le t\}\in {\mathcal{F}}_t$ for all $t$.

For necessity, on $[0,T]$ the optional stopping theorem gives $X_{\tau }=\mathbb{E}(X_T\mid {\mathcal{F}}_{\tau })$; conditional expectations of one integrable variable form a uniformly integrable family. For sufficiency, $X_{t\wedge {\tau }_n}\to X_t$ almost surely, and Class DL upgrades this convergence to $L^1$ on each finite horizon. Pass to the limit in $\mathbb{E}(X_{t\wedge {\tau }_n}\mid {\mathcal{F}}_s)=X_{s\wedge {\tau }_n}$ to obtain the martingale identity. Requiring uniform integrability of all times on the entire half-line would be stronger than necessary; Brownian motion is already a counterexample to that stronger requirement.

The Lévy characterization of multidimensional Brownian motion says that a continuous adapted ${\mathbb{R}}^d$-valued process $Z$, with $Z_0=0$, is standard Brownian motion relative to the given filtration if and only if its coordinates are local martingales andFor Brownian motion, independent centered Gaussian increments give the martingale property of each coordinate and of $Z_t^i{Z}_t^j-{\delta }_{ij}t$. The defining uniqueness of quadratic covariation consequently gives the bracket condition.

Conversely, suppose the local martingale and bracket conditions hold. For $\theta \in {\mathbb{R}}^d$, the Itô formula givessince the bracket term cancels the time derivative. On $[0,T]$, $|E_t|\le e^{|\theta {|}^{2}T/2}$, so its real and imaginary parts are bounded local martingales and hence true martingales. Thus, for $s\le t$,This is the characteristic function of $N(0,(t-s)I_d)$ and is independent of ${\mathcal{F}}_s$. Uniqueness of characteristic functions shows that $Z_t-Z_s$ has that Gaussian distribution and is independent of the past. Iterating over ordered times gives independent Gaussian increments; together with continuous paths and $Z_0=0$, these are precisely the defining properties of standard Brownian motion.

First justify that the logarithm is defined at all times from one onward. For planar Brownian motion started at $z\ne 0$, stop on exiting the annulus $\epsilon <|x|<R$, where $\epsilon <|z|<R$. This exit time $\rho$ is finite almost surely: the stopped identity $|B_t{|}^2-2t$ gives $\mathbb{E}(t\wedge \rho )\le R^2/2$. The function $f(x)=\log |x|$ is harmonic on the annulus, so its stopped process is a bounded martingale. Optional stopping givesHitting zero before the outer circle would require hitting every inner circle first. It therefore has probability zero. Taking a countable sequence of outer radii tending to infinity proves that planar Brownian motion avoids a fixed point. Since $B_1$ has a density and is nonzero almost surely, condition on ${\mathcal{F}}_1$ to apply this result to the future path.

For $x\ne 0$, $\nabla f(x)=x/|x{|}^2$ and $\Delta f(x)=0$ in two dimensions. The Itô formula on annuli therefore givesTo localize explicitly, let ${\tau }_n=\inf \{t\ge 1:|B_t|\notin (1/n,n)\}$. These stopping times increase to infinity almost surely: on each compact time interval the continuous path has a finite maximum and, by point avoidance, a positive minimum radius. Up to ${\tau }_n$, the stochastic integrand has norm at most $n$. Its stopped integral is square-integrable on every finite horizon. The initial value $\log |B_1|$ is integrable, as follows from the Rayleigh-density calculation in part d. Hence $X^{{\tau }_n}$ is a true martingale from time one and $X$ is a local martingale. This also gives its quadratic variation from time one as ${\int }_1^t|B_s{|}^{-2}ds$.

For an elementary previsible integrand, the integral is the increment sum ${\sum }_j{H}_j(X_{t\wedge t_{j+1}}-X_{t\wedge t_j})$. This expression uses only $H$ and $X$, so is identical under the two measures, irrespective of how the local martingale and finite-variation parts change.

We may use the stochastic dominated convergence theorem: if bounded predictable $H_n$ converge pointwise to $H$ under a common deterministic bound, their integrals against a semimartingale converge uniformly on compact intervals in probability. Also convergence in $\mathbb{P}$-probability implies convergence in $\mathbb{Q}$-probability when $\mathbb{Q}\ll \mathbb{P}$. To see the latter directly, let $D=d\mathbb{Q}/d\mathbb{P}$. For any event $E$,and let first $\mathbb{P}(E)\to 0$, then $K\to \infty$. Apply this to events involving the supremum on a finite horizon for the uniform-in-probability statement.

Let $\mathcal{C}$ be the bounded predictable integrands for which the two integral processes agree up to $\mathbb{Q}$-indistinguishability. It is a vector space containing elementary rectangle indicators generating the predictable sigma-algebra. It is closed under uniformly bounded pointwise limits: stochastic dominated convergence theorem gives convergence of the integrals under each measure, and the preceding transfer makes the $\mathbb{P}$ limit also a $\mathbb{Q}$ limit. Uniqueness of limits in probability makes the two limiting integrals equal. The functional monotone-class theorem therefore puts every bounded predictable integrand in $\mathcal{C}$.

Finally, for locally bounded $H$, stop on intervals where it has a deterministic bound. Such stopping times tend to infinity under $\mathbb{P}$ and hence also under $\mathbb{Q}$. Apply the bounded result to the stopped integrands and use the stopping property of the integral. This proves the stochastic integral under an absolutely continuous measure change identityThe decompositions $H\cdot M+H\cdot A$ and $H\cdot N+H\cdot B$ thus represent the same process under $\mathbb{Q}$, although their individual components need not agree. With only absolute continuity, equality is asserted outside a $\mathbb{Q}$-null set, not necessarily outside a $\mathbb{P}$-null set for a chosen $\mathbb{Q}$ version.

Interpret the otherwise undefined $b_k(t)$ here as the moment ${\beta }_k(t)$ defined above. For $k=1$, the process is $B_t$, and for $k=2$ it is $B_t^2-t$; both are martingales.

For $k\ge 3$, the Itô formula and the derivative of the Brownian moment recursion yieldThe stochastic integral is a true martingale on finite horizons, since the required $2k-2$ moment is integrable in time. The continuous finite-variation term is not identically zero. If it were, its continuous derivative would vanish at every time, whereas at a fixed $t>0$, the nondegenerate Gaussian $B_t$ does not almost surely satisfy the polynomial equation $B_t^{k-2}={\beta }_{k-2}(t)$. Uniqueness of continuous semimartingale decomposition therefore rules out even the local martingale property. HenceFor example $\mathbb{E}(B_t^3\mid {\mathcal{F}}_s)=B_s^3+3(t-s)B_s$, so merely subtracting its zero expectation cannot make the cubic power a martingale. The centered Brownian powers need not be martingales distinction is resolved by subtracting the random drift compensator $k(k-1){\int }_0^t{B}_s^{k-2}ds/2$ instead of the deterministic mean.

Use $M_0=0$, as implicit in the specified initial value of $Y$. First let $[M{]}_t=t$. The Lévy characterization of Brownian motion makes $M$ Brownian motion relative to the given filtration. SetOn this event at time one, the drift has absolute size at most $C$, while $|Y_0|<1$, so $|Y_1|\ge |M_1|-|Y_0|-C>1$. Continuity forces exit by time one. ThereforeThe same estimate applies conditionally at each integer time without assuming anything about future drift independence. On $\{T>n\}$, $|Y_n|<1$; if $|M_{n+1}-M_n|>C+2$, the drift bound forces exit by $n+1$. That Brownian increment is independent of ${\mathcal{F}}_n$. HenceIn particular $T<\infty$ almost surely.

For general $Q$, write $K_t=[M{]}_t$ and $D_t={\int }_0^t{A}_{s}ds$. Continuity of $Q$ and monotonicity of its integral imply $Q_s\ge 0$ at all times outside one null set. The drift condition givesLet ${\tau }_u=\inf \{t:K_t>u\}$. The divergent clock makes ${\tau }_u$ finite for every $u$, and its continuity gives $K_{{\tau }_u}=u$. By the Dambis-Dubins-Schwarz theorem, $W_u=M_{{\tau }_u}$ is Brownian motion for ${\mathcal{G}}_u={\mathcal{F}}_{{\tau }_u}$. On intervals where $K$ is constant, both $M$ and $D$ are constant. Thus $d_u=D_{{\tau }_u}$ is a continuous adapted function of clock time satisfying $|d_v-d_u|\le C(v-u)$. The time-changed process isThe unit-clock argument uses only this increment bound on the drift, so its first exit time $S$ obeys $\mathbb{P}(S>n)\le (1-\epsilon {)}^n$. It is finite almost surely, and a corresponding finite ordinary time has $|Y|\ge 1$. This proves the exit with drift controlled by quadratic variation resultThis proof needs only a nonnegative measurable bracket density, a continuous divergent integral clock, and the drift increment bound; pointwise continuity of the density is unnecessary. This observation permits the application below with measurable SDE coefficients.

For the multidimensional SDE, put $a_{ij}(x)={\sum }_{k=1}^m{\sigma }_k^i(x){\sigma }_k^j(x)$. The generator of an SDE diffusion isFor every $f\in C_b^2({\mathbb{R}}^d)$, the Itô formula givesBounded derivatives and bounded noise fields make the right side square-integrable on each finite horizon, hence a true martingale. This is precisely the defining test-function property of an L-diffusion, in the martingale-problem sense.

Now fix $x$ and $\xi \ne 0$. Its scalar projection has martingale part $M_t^{\xi }={\sum }_k{\int }_0^t⟨\xi ,{\sigma }_k(X_s^x)⟩d{B}_s^k$ and drift $⟨\xi ,b(X_s^x)⟩$. The uniform ellipticity assumption givesLet $B_{\ast }={\sup }_z|b(z)|$ and take $R>|⟨\xi ,x⟩|$. Rescale the projection by $R$. Its bracket density is at least $\lambda |\xi {|}^2/R^2$, its absolute drift is at most $B_{\ast }|\xi |/R$, and hence that drift is at most $C_R$ times its bracket density, with $C_R=B_{\ast }R/(\lambda |\xi |)$. Its clock diverges, so the exit lemma forces it out of $(-1,1)$ in finite time. Equivalently it leaves the slab $|⟨\xi ,X_t^x⟩|<R$. Taking a countable sequence of integer $R$ tending to infinity proves the projection unboundedness of a uniformly elliptic diffusion:For the final uniqueness result, let ${\tau }_D=\inf \{t:X_t^x\notin D\}$, with $x\in D$. Since $D$ is bounded, it lies in a finite slab; the preceding finite slab-exit time bounds ${\tau }_D$ from above. Thus ${\tau }_D<\infty$ almost surely. Continuity gives $X_{{\tau }_D}^x\in \partial D$.

Set $h=u-v$. It is bounded, has bounded derivatives, is zero on the boundary, and satisfies $Lh=0$ in $D$. The stopped test-function identity says $h(X_{t\wedge {\tau }_D}^x)$ is a martingale; equivalently it is a bounded local martingale, which suffices. Taking expectations and then using bounded convergence as $t\to \infty$ givesTherefore the bounded-domain harmonic uniqueness for a diffusion conclusion isIn particular the argument supplies the representation $u(x)={\mathbb{E}}_{x}u(X_{{\tau }_D})$ and establishes uniqueness without selecting a unique diffusion law.

Use the usual stochastic-integrability assumptions implicit in the price stochastic differential equation: the coefficients have progressively measurable versions, the volatility is locally square integrable, and initial prices are finite deterministic positive numbers. A no-consumption admissible trading strategy consists of predictable risky share holdings $\pi$ for which the price stochastic integral exists and the portfolio wealth of the self-financing portfolio isThe remainder $X_t-{\pi }_t^T{S}_t$ is held in the unit cash asset. Admissibility requires $X_t\ge -a$ throughout the horizon for some deterministic finite $a$; the more restrictive nonnegative-wealth convention also works. A finite-horizon arbitrage is such a strategy with $x=0$, $X_T\ge 0$ almost surely and $P(X_T>0)>0$. The lower bound is essential to exclude doubling strategies.

Interpret the stated uniform ellipticity as ${\sigma }_t{\sigma }_t^T\ge \epsilon I$ for a deterministic $\epsilon >0$. If $|{\mu }_t|\le K$, the market price of risk is bounded:The authoritative PDF puts both integrals inside the exponent. With that interpretation,On every finite horizon $T$, boundedness of $\lambda$ gives the Novikov condition:Hence the positive stochastic exponential $Z$ is a true martingale with $\mathbb{E}{Z}_T=1$. Define the equivalent probability measure $Q_T$ by $d{Q}_T=Z_{T}dP$. The Girsanov theorem says that $W_t^Q=W_t+{\int }_0^t{\lambda }_{s}ds$ is a Brownian motion under $Q_T$, up to time $T$. Consequentlyso the prices are local martingales under $Q_T$.

Every admissible zero-initial-capital self-financing portfolio has portfolio wealth which is therefore a $Q_T$-local martingale bounded below by $-a$. The shifted process $X+a$ is a nonnegative local martingale, hence a supermartingale by localization and the Conditional Fatou lemma. In particular ${\mathbb{E}}_{Q_T}{X}_T\le 0$. If the strategy were an arbitrage, nonnegativity of $X_T$ would force $X_T=0$ $Q_T$-almost surely. Equivalence of $P$ and $Q_T$ would then force $P(X_T>0)=0$, a contradiction. The market has no admissible arbitrage on any finite horizon. This proves the exclusion argument itself, rather than just asserting the fundamental theorem of asset pricing.

For the deflated price calculation, let ${\sigma }_{t,i}$ denote the column vector whose transpose is the $i$th row of ${\sigma }_t$. The Itô product rule includes the quadratic covariation termSince ${\sigma }_{t,i}^T{\lambda }_t={\mu }_t^i$, the full product equation isLocalization makes the last stochastic integral a true martingale on each stopped interval, proving each component of the deflated price vector is a local martingale under the original measure. This is the bounded-coefficient asset deflator identity; bounded volatility has not yet been used.

If $\sigma$ is bounded, then ${\sigma }_{t,i}-{\lambda }_t$ is bounded as well. Solving the last linear stochastic differential equation givesThe Novikov condition now holds for this stochastic exponential on every finite horizon, because its bracket is bounded by a deterministic constant times the horizon. ThereforeThe entire deflated price vector is a true martingale when volatility is bounded. This finite-horizon argument does not assert uniform integrability as time tends to infinity, which is not required. Integrable random initial prices can also be handled by the conditional martingale argument; without any integrability assumption on initial prices, a true-martingale assertion would not be meaningful.

Use the PDF's starred image hull $K_t^{\ast }$ and write $h_t={\Phi }_t=g_{K_t^{\ast }}\circ \Phi \circ g_{K_t}^{-1}$. For $t<T$, this map is analytic across a real neighborhood of the driver. SetLet $u(t)=\mathrm{hcap}(K_t^{\ast })/2$. The classical conformal change of half-plane capacity gives $\dot{u}(t)=a_t^2$, and the image driver, indexed by original time, is $h_t({\xi }_t)$. Differentiating the conjugacy relation givesThese are precisely the standard classical identities allowed in this question. The singularities cancel at $z={\xi }_t$. To calculate the remaining derivative, put $\delta =z-{\xi }_t$ and expand at fixed $t$:Thereforewhere each ${\partial }_t$ keeps the spatial variable fixed before evaluation. Applying the Itô formula to $h_t^{\prime }({\xi }_t)$ gives the boundary derivative diffusion under conformal Loewner conjugacyAt $\kappa =8/3$, the third-derivative drift cancels. A second application of the Itô formula to $a_t^p$ givesChoosing $p=1-1/\kappa =5/8$ cancels the remaining drift. Hence the SLE eight-thirds restriction martingale isLocalizing away from $T$ and from vanishing derivatives makes the displayed stochastic integral a martingale on each localized interval, so it defines a continuous local martingale up to $T$.

Put $A=\mathbb{H}\setminus U$. The neighborhood assumptions at zero and infinity mean that $A$ is a bounded hull away from the starting boundary point. For $t<T$, the conjugacy map $h_t$ is the hydrodynamically normalized mapping-out function of the remaining forbidden hull after removing $K_t$. Its closure avoids the driver, so the boundary derivative is an excursion avoidance probability yields $0<{\Sigma }_t\le 1$. Thus $0<M_t\le 1$, and the bounded local martingale criterion makes the localized martingales uniformly bounded and uniformly integrable.

Choose localization times ${\tau }_n\uparrow T$, also bounded by $n$. Optional stopping gives $\mathbb{E}{M}_{{\tau }_n}=M_0$. The supplied terminal limit and continuity of the power function giveSince these variables are bounded by one, dominated convergence yieldsAs usual for a chord starting at zero, the time-zero point is understood as the boundary prime end of $U$; the avoidance assertion concerns the subsequent curve. The boundedness step is what upgrades the local martingale calculation to an equality of probabilities.

Let $g_t$ map out the original filled hull and let $g_t^{\ast }$ map out the filled hull generated by $\Phi (\gamma [0,t])$. Both have hydrodynamic normalization at infinity. WriteAlthough the original $\Phi$ is specified only on $N$, this conjugacy is defined in the surviving neighborhood of the tip. Boundary preservation gives a real analytic extension there by the Schwarz reflection principle, with $a_t>0$. The identities below are first applied on compactly localized intervals before exit and then continued up to $T$.

Set $u(t)=\mathrm{hcap}(K_t^{\ast })/2$, the capacity clock of the image hull. The Chordal Loewner equation for each flow and the chain rule giveAnalyticity at the driving point cancels the coefficient of $(z-{\xi }_t{)}^{-1}$, forcing $\dot{u}(t)=a_t^2$. The constant term, computed as in Question 3, is then ${\partial }_t{h}_t({\xi }_t)=-3b_t$. For a general SLE driver $d{\xi }_t=\sqrt{\kappa }d{B}_t$, the Itô formula consequently gives the transformed SLE driving functionAt $\kappa =6$, this becomesThus $W$ is a continuous local martingale up to the exit time. If the source notation ${\xi }_t^{\ast }$ indexes the image driver by original time, it denotes $W_t$. If it uses the image's own half-plane-capacity time, it denotes $W_{t(u)}$, with $t(u)$ the inverse clock; that time-changed process is also a local martingale. This distinguishes the two clocks without changing the requested conclusion.

As with quadratic variation, the increasing process must be normalized by $A_0=0$. Suppose $A,A^{\prime }$ have this initial value and both $M^2-A$ and $M^2-A^{\prime }$ are continuous local martingales. Since $M^2$ and these differences are continuous, both $A$ and $A^{\prime }$ are continuous. Their difference is a finite-variation process, andis a continuous local martingale. The result proved in part (a) makes this difference constant. Its initial value is zero, so $A$ and $A^{\prime }$ are indistinguishable. This is the uniqueness of an increasing square compensator; it uses no existence argument.

If no initial-value normalization is imposed, the literal uniqueness assertion is false: whenever $A$ works, $A+c$ works for every deterministic constant $c$, since subtracting a constant preserves the local martingale property. The exact unnormalized conclusion is $A_t-A_t^{\prime }=A_0-A_0^{\prime }$ for all $t$, up to indistinguishability of stochastic processes.

Work first with $M_0=0$. More generally, the assertion needs $M_0\in L^2$ and then applies to $M-M_0$. Without this assumption, an integrable but non-square-integrable initial random variable kept constant in time has zero quadratic variation but is not bounded in L2 space.

Choose increasing stopping timesThey tend to infinity almost surely, because the continuous path and its quadratic variation are finite on every compact time interval. The stopped process is a bounded martingale, and $M_{t\wedge {\tau }_n}^2-[M{]}_{t\wedge {\tau }_n}$ is bounded and a local martingale. Taking expectations givesSuppose $C=\mathbb{E}[M{]}_{\infty }<\infty$. These squared expectations are at most $C$. For each fixed $t$, the stopped values converge almost surely to $M_t$ and are uniformly integrable, since they are uniformly bounded in L2 space. They therefore converge in $L^1$. Passing in the stopped conditional-expectation identity, using contraction of conditional expectation in $L^1$, gives $\mathbb{E}(M_t\mid {\mathcal{F}}_s)=M_s$ for $s\le t$. Thus $M$ is a true martingale. The Fatou lemma gives $\mathbb{E}{M}_t^2\le C$, uniformly in $t$, so it is an L2-bounded continuous martingale.

Conversely, suppose $M$ is a true martingale with ${\sup }_t\mathbb{E}{M}_t^2\le C$. For fixed $t$, bounded-time optional sampling theorem gives $M_{t\wedge {\tau }_n}=\mathbb{E}(M_t\mid {\mathcal{F}}_{t\wedge {\tau }_n})$. Conditional Jensen inequality then yieldsThe brackets increase to $[M{]}_t$. Applying the monotone convergence theorem first in $n$ and then in $t\uparrow \infty$ proves $\mathbb{E}[M{]}_{\infty }\le C<\infty$.