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A reconciliation of two different expressions for the first-passage density of brownian motion to a curved boundary

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

J. Durbin
J. Durbin*
Affiliation:
London School of Economics and Political Science
*
∗Postal address: Department of Statistical and Mathematical Sciences, London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton St., London WC2A 2AE.
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Abstract

An expression for the first-passage density of Brownian motion to a curved boundary due to Daniels and Lerche is shown to give the same result as a different form due to the author. The equivalence is extended to continuous Gaussian Markov processes.

Keywords

METHOD OF IMAGESCONTINUOUS GAUSSIAN PROCESS
Type
Short Communications
Information
Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 25 , Issue 4 , December 1988 , pp. 829 - 832
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1988 

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