What is the Distribution of the Sum of Two Standard Brownian Motions?

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In summary, the distribution of B(u) + B(v) is a standard Brownian Motion with a mean of 0 and a variance of u+v. This is because B(u) and B(v) are independent, and the variance of their sum is the sum of their individual variances. When calculating the variance, it is important to remember that the mean of a standard Brownian Motion is always 0.
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B(t) is a standard Brownian Motion. u and v are both => 0. What is the distribution of B(u) + B(v)?

The mean is 0.

For the variance I get Var(B(u)+B(v)) = u+v. Is this right?
 
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BrownianMan said:
B(t) is a standard Brownian Motion. u and v are both => 0. What is the distribution of B(u) + B(v)?

The mean is 0.

For the variance I get Var(B(u)+B(v)) = u+v. Is this right?

How did you get this?
 
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Aren't B(u) and B(v) independent? If so, then the variance of their sum should be the sum of their variance.
 
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BrownianMan said:
Aren't B(u) and B(v) independent? If so, then the variance of their sum should be the sum of their variance.

Is ##\text{Var}( B(1) + B(1))## equal to 2? Is ##2^2## equal to 2?
 

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