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Problem 209 of 333MediumStochastic ProcessesP209
Is the running maximum Markov?
Let be a symmetric random walk started at 0 with independent steps of , each with probability , and let be its running maximum.
(a) Is a martingale?
(b) Is a Markov process?
(c) Is the pair a Markov process?
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