 Planar Brownian annulus hitting probability (source code)

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= Planar Brownian annulus hitting probability

For planar Brownian motion started at $x$ with $0<r<|x|<R$,
$$
\mathbb P_x(T_r<T_R)=\frac{\log R-\log|x|}{\log R-\log r}.
$$
This is optional stopping applied to the harmonic function $\log|x|$ on the annulus.

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