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Girsanov's Theorem

Senior Quant · Stochastic Calculus

Question

State Girsanov's theorem precisely, including the Novikov condition. Apply it to derive the risk-neutral dynamics of GBM from its physical-measure SDE dS=μSdt+σSdWPdS = \mu S\,dt + \sigma S\,dW^{\mathbb{P}}. Where does μ\mu go?