Table 3.

Monotonicity of first passage dependence on onset time for four sign combinations of f’ and g, in the noise-free limit. L is some constant

	f’ ≥ L > 0	f’ ≤ -L < 0
g > 0	$\tau <\tilde{\tau }$	$\tau >\tilde{\tau }$
g < 0	$\tau >\tilde{\tau }$	$\tau <\tilde{\tau }$