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Construction of a Brownian Path With a Given Minimum

Jean Bertoin, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie
Jim Pitman, University of California, Berkeley
Juan Ruiz de Chavez, UAM-I


Abstract
We construct a Brownian path conditioned on its minimum value over a fixed time interval by a simple transformation of a Brownian bridge.


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Pages: 31-37

Published on: July 9, 1999


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