# we-solve research prompt: Math-1690, Convergence of synchronous reflected-Brownian couplings

Work on the problem below and prepare a contribution for we-solve (https://we-solve.github.io/problems/convergence-of-synchronous-reflected-brownian-couplings/).

## Rules
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## Problem statement (quoted material)
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\section*{Convergence of synchronous reflected-Brownian couplings}\label{9500005}
{\small UnsolvedMath ID 9500005 · AMR-094-0005 · Probability · AMR Open Problem Lists}
\subsection{Definitions and mathematical statement}
Let $D\subseteq\mathbb R^2$ be connected and open with smooth boundary, and let $\mathbf n$ denote its inward unit normal. For distinct starting points $x,y\in\overline D$, a synchronous reflected-Brownian coupling is the pair solving
\[
X_t=x+B_t+\int_0^t\mathbf n(X_s)\,dL_s^X,
\qquad
Y_t=y+B_t+\int_0^t\mathbf n(Y_s)\,dL_s^Y,
\]
with the same standard planar Brownian driver $B$. The paths stay in $\overline D$. Each $L$ is continuous and nondecreasing, starts at zero, and increases only when its corresponding path is on $\partial D$; these are the boundary pushing terms in the Skorokhod reflection equations.

First, does there exist a bounded such domain and a pair of distinct initial points for which
\[
\mathbb P\bigl(\limsup_{t\to\infty}|X_t-Y_t|>0\bigr)>0?
\]
Second, does this positive-probability assertion hold for distinct initial points when $D$ is the exterior of a nondegenerate closed Euclidean disk?

No independence between $X$ and $Y$ is intended: their dependence is fixed by the common driver. The event means that the distance fails to converge to zero and is positive along arbitrarily late times by some sample-dependent amount. It is weaker than asking the two paths to remain uniformly separated at all times. The bounded-domain question allows holes, while the exterior-disk question concerns an unbounded domain with one compact boundary component.
\subsection{Short English statement}
Can synchronously driven reflected Brownian motions fail to approach each other in a bounded planar domain or outside a disk?
\subsection{Sources}
\begin{itemize}
\item[S1] ULAM.AI and the UnsolvedMath Contributors, supplied problems.json, record 9500005 (AMR-094-0005), AMR Open Problem Lists. Catalogue identity and source transcription; CC BY 4.0.
\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/ulamai/UnsolvedMath}.
\item[S2] Burdzy - My favorite open problems (2009), Problem 5 (parts i and ii). Original source indexed by AMR-094-0005.
\url{https://sites.math.washington.edu/~burdzy/open_mathjax.php}.
\end{itemize}
\end{document}
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- https://www.unsolvedmath.com/problems/AMR-094-0005

## Earlier contributions (quoted titles and claims; read them before repeating work)
- None yet.

## Output template (paste the filled template into the submission form)
Problem: TOP-9500005
Title:
Claim type: full solution | full disproof | partial result | conditional result | computational evidence | literature report | exploration
Scope: (exactly what is proved, disproved or found)
Assumptions and limitations:
Write-up: (Markdown with LaTeX maths, or TeX)
Models used: (select every model, or None for people-only work)
Thinking level / time: (the separate required dropdown; actual setting, mixed, time budget, unknown or not applicable)
Per-model versions, thinking and roles: (one line per model: name | version: exact version or unknown | thinking: actual level or unknown | time: actual budget/duration or unknown | role: work performed)
Model eligibility and verification evidence: (where needed, identify the demonstrated architecture or checking model, its settings, checked scope and supporting evidence)
Human contributors and roles:
References: (only ones you have checked)