Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2014 / iii / Paper 26 / 3 / 1

First prove the strong law for Brownian motion, $B_t/t\to 0$ with probability one. For each $\epsilon >0$, the Gaussian tail bound givesBy stationary increments and the Brownian reflection principle, followed by the same tail bound,Both bounds are summable in $n$. The First Borel-Cantelli lemma therefore implies that, eventually, both quantities inside these probability events are at most $\epsilon n$. For $n\le t\le n+1$ this gives $|B_t|/t\le 2\epsilon$. Intersect over a sequence of positive rational $\epsilon$ tending to zero to obtain the asserted continuous-time limit.

On this one almost sure event,so $B_t+at\to +\infty$ for $a>0$ and to $-\infty$ for $a<0$. For each real $x$, the path is eventually strictly on the corresponding side of $x$. HenceThe same event works simultaneously for all levels $x$, giving the requested transience of Brownian motion with drift.