Strong Markov Property for Brownian Motion in reverse time

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Let $(B_t)_{t\geq0}$ be a standard Brownian motion in $\mathbb{R}$ and let $T$ be a stopping time. Then the Strong Markov Property gives that $(B_{T+t}-B_T)_{t\geq0}$ is a standard Brownian motion independent of $\mathscr{F}_T$.

I am wondering if the same also holds for negative times: suppose that $T\geq1$ is a stopping time always greater or equal than $1$ (e.g. $T=\inf\{t\geq 1\,|\,B_t=0\}$), is it true that $(B_T-B_{T-t})_{t\in[0,1]}$ is a Brownian motion? The usual proof does not work since we must now work in a new filtration.

Best Answer

No. Note that the stopping time $T$ can depend on all the values of $B_t$ with $t\le T$. So you could take something like $$T=\inf\{t\ge 1: B_t=0, B_{t-1/2}>0\}.$$ In this case $(B_T-B_{T-t})_{t\in [0,1]}$ cannot be a Brownian motion, since its value at $t=1/2$ is always negative.

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