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The distribution of the maximum Brownian excursion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Douglas P. Kennedy*
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge

Abstract

The distribution of the maximum of the unsigned scaled Brownian excursion process and of a modification of that process are derived. These distributions are related to the one-dimensional Brownian bridge.

Type
Short Communications
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1976 

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