What defines a standard Brownian motion
Question
Give a definition of Brownian motion.
Short answer
A continuous Gaussian process with independent, stationary increments. A standard Brownian motion has , continuous paths, and for the increment is and independent of the past. Useful consequences: , quadratic variation , paths nowhere differentiable, and it is the scaling limit of a random walk.
Adapted from Joshi, Denson & Downes, Quant Job Interview Questions and Answers, Q3.39, p.84; question and answer rewritten by SelfMadeQuant.com.
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