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Triple points of Brownian paths in 3-space

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

A. Dvoretzky ,
P. Erdős ,
S. Kakutani  and
S. J. Taylor
A. Dvoretzky
Affiliation:
Hebrew UniversityJerusalem
P. Erdős
Affiliation:
Yale UniversityNew Haven
S. Kakutani
Affiliation:
Yale UniversityNew Haven
S. J. Taylor
Affiliation:
The UniversityBirmingham
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In (3), some of us proved that Brownian paths in n-space have double points with probability 1 if n = 2 or 3; but, for n ≥ 4, there are no double points with probability 1. The question naturally arises as to whether or not Brownian paths in n-space (n = 2 or 3) have triple points. The case of paths in the plane is settled by (4), where it is shown that, with probability 1, Brownian paths in the plane have points of multiplicity k (k = 2, 3,4, …). The purpose of the present paper is to settle the remaining case, n = 3. We prove that, with probability 1, Brownian paths in 3-dimensional space have no triple points. The general idea behind our proof is to show that there are not too many double points. That is, we show that the set of double points has sigma-fmite linear measure, and therefore zero capacity, with probability 1.

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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 53 , Issue 4 , October 1957 , pp. 856 - 862
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1957

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