The case of geometric Brownian motion
We think about the geometric Bownian motion with negative drift.
Here, is the drift of
The ODE for g(x) is
This ODE is Euler equation, we solve the Green function in the same way of Sturm-Liouville equation.
Transform the equation like Sturm-Liouville equation .
Here,
When the right side equals 0, the independent solutions are .
Here, satisfies
.
We define the solutions of this quadratic equation as .
α<β.
Define
,
The boundary condition is 0 at x=b, and coverges to 0 first enough at x=∞.
So the solution in in x< is
Here, .
The solution in x> is
Next, solve the Green function like the case of Sturm-Liouville equation .
The diffrence from Sturm-Liouville equation is the factor r(x), then Green function in x< is
the Green function in x> is
Remark are dependent with "k".
Concretely A(x) is
so,
The result is
in x< g(x) is
in x> g(x) is
In the case of k=0, we derive the passage frequency at x starting from .
When k=0 and b=1,
, .
In x<,
In x>,
From this result, we can derive the maximum number starting from n<.
By using bellow formula,
Then, we solve the characteristic function of first passage time,
Here,