Solve the SDE $dX_t=dB_t+\frac{c-X_t}{T-t}dt$

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How to solve the following SDE characterizing Brownian motion with fixed end point $c$ at time $T$?

$$\mathrm dX_t=\mathrm dB_t+\frac{c-X_t}{T-t}\,\mathrm dt$$

I do not believe a strong solution exists, by ito lemma it would seem contradictory. Although, intuitively the solution should be something like

$$X_t=B_t+\frac{t(c-B_T)}{T}$$

Tips for solving the equation are welcome!

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Your SDE is a special case for Hull-White SDE, which can be solved analytically. Recall that $X$ is a Hull-White process if $X$ satisfies a SDE of the form: $$ dX_{t}=\beta_{t}(\alpha_{t}-X_{t})dt+\sigma_{t}dB_{t}, $$ where $\alpha,\beta,\sigma$ are deterministic processes (and are usually identified as functions with domain $[0,\infty)$ and codomain $\mathbb{R}$). For your case, $\alpha_{t}=c$, $\beta_{t}=\frac{1}{T-t}$, $\sigma_{t}=1$.

The trick to solve such SDE is to consider a suitable integrating factor $\mu$ (a deterministic process)

Apply Ito's lemma, then \begin{eqnarray*} & & d(X_{t}\mu_{t})\\ & = & \mu_{t}'X_{t}dt+\mu_{t}dX_{t}. \end{eqnarray*} Choose $\mu_{t}$ such that $\mu_{t}'X_{t}+\mu_{t}\beta_{t}(-X_{t})=0$. That is, $\mu_{t}'=\beta_{t}\mu_{t}$. Note that, there is more than one choice for $\mu$ but any choice is OK. Then we observe that $$ d(\mu_{t}X_{t})=\gamma_{1}(t)dt+\gamma_{2}(t)dB_{t} $$ for some deterministic functions $\gamma_{1}$ and $\gamma_{2}$. The above SDE can be integrated directly.