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The Itô product rule with a deterministic integrating factor gives
d(e−tXt​)=e−tdXt​−e−tXt​dt=e−tdBt​.
(1)
Integrating from zero proves
Xt​=et∫0t​e−sdBs​.​
(2)
Both coefficients are globally Lipschitz, so part (a) proves that this is the pathwise unique solution. Under a measure where B is a Brownian motion, the solution is centered Gaussian with variance e2t∫0t​e−2sds=(e2t−1)/2. The positive drift sign gives an unstable linear diffusion rather than a mean-reverting one.

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