On the exact constants in one-sided maximal inequalitiesfor Bessel processes

Abstract

In this paper, we establish a one-sided maximal moment inequalitywith exact constants for Bessel processes. As a consequence, weobtain an exact constant in the Burkholder-Gundy inequality. Theproof of our main result is based on a pure optimal stopping prob-lem of the running maximum process for a Bessel process. The pre-sent results extend and complement a number of related resultspreviously known in the literature.