On Durbin’s Series for the Density of First Passage Times
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Durbin (1992) derived a convergent series for the density of the first passage time of a Weiner process to a curved boundary. We show that the successive partial sums of this series can be expressed as the iterates of the standard substitution method for solving an integral equation. The calculation is thus simpler than it first appears. We also show that, under a certain condition, the series converges uniformly. This strengthens Durbin’s result of pointwise convergence. Finally, we present a modified procedure, based on scaling, which sometimes works better. These approaches cover some cases that Durbin did not.
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