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A boundary-crossing result for Brownian motion

Part of: Markov processes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Thomas H. Scheike
Thomas H. Scheike*
Affiliation:
University of Copenhagen
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Abstract

In this paper we obtain a new crossing result for Brownian motion. The boundary studied is a piecewise linear function consisting of two lines. The expression obtained for the boundary crossing probability is of a simple directly computable form.

Keywords

BOUNDARY-CROSSING PROBABILITYPIECEWISE LINEAR BOUNDARY

MSC classification

Primary: 60J75: Jump processes
Type
Short Communications
Information
Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 29 , Issue 2 , June 1992 , pp. 448 - 453
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1992 

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