Brownian model of financial markets as: Note that formula_21 and formula_139 are absolutely continuous with respect to each other, i.e. they are equivalent. Also, according to Girsanov's theorem, is a formula_6-dimensional Brownian motion process on the filtration formula_146 with respect to formula_139. A complete financial market is one that allows effective hedging of the risk inherent in any investment strategy. Let formula_89 be a standard financial market, and formula_149 be an formula_140-measurable random variable, such that: The market formula_89 is said to be "complete" if every such formula_149 is "financeable", i.e. if there is an formula_155-financed portfolio process formula_156, such that its associated wealth process
Brownian excursion Brownian excursion process, formula_1, is a Wiener process (or Brownian motion) conditioned to be positive and to take the value 0 at time 1. Alternatively, it is a Brownian bridge process conditioned to be positive. Another representation of a Brownian excursion formula_1 in terms of a Brownian motion process "W" (due to Paul Lévy and noted by Kiyoshi Itō and Henry P. McKean, Jr.) is in terms of the last time formula_3 that "W" hits zero before time 1 and the first time formula_4 that Brownian motion formula_5 hits zero after time 1: Let formula_7 be the time that a