Finite sample spaces and absolute continuity #
This file proves Proposition S1(i) of the paper (the converse in Remark 1) and the claims of Section S2.1 on finite sample spaces, following the proof of Proposition S1 in Section S2.1.
pathCylinder t x: the set of the paths with the same firsttobservations asx, a node of the tree of deptht; anβ±_t-measurable function is constant on it (eq_of_mem_pathCylinder), and, for a finiteπ³, every function constant on the nodes isβ±_t-measurable (measurable_dataFiltration_of_finite);FiniteOptimalEPower.exists_measure_ne_zero: under the standing assumption, a set ofβ±_twith positiveQ-probability has positive probability under some null distribution, since otherwise1 + β 1(X^t β B)would be an e-variable with infinite e-power;Setting.exists_bounded_stoppedandsec_finite_bounded_proof: for a finiteπ³, the infimum in eq. (3) may be restricted to bounded e-processes stopped atT;sec_finite_disjoint_proof: the alternativesQ^ΞΎwithΞΎa unit mass have disjoint supports;Setting.lintegral_sqrt_sub_one_sq_le: forE β β°_tandU = E/E*_t,E_Q[{U^{1/2} β 1}Β²] β€ R_t(E);Setting.exists_measurableSet_tendsto: ifR_t(E^n) β€ 2^{βn}, thenE^n β E*_ton a set ofβ±_tof fullQ-probability on whichE*_t > 0;Setting.exists_isEProcess_versions: Proposition S1(i).
The proof of Proposition S1(i) is that of the paper, which adopted it after the formalization (its
Section S5). For U = E/E*_t, the pointwise inequality u β 1 β log u β₯ (u^{1/2} β 1)Β² gives
E_Q[{U^{1/2} β 1}Β²] β€ E_Q(U) β 1 β E_Q(log U) β€ R_t(E), and the e-processes are chosen with
regrets at most 2^{βn}, so that the convergence is almost sure. For a finite π³, the same
argument is applied to the e-processes E^n set to zero at the nodes of Q-probability zero,
which converge at every path to the versions of the numΓ©raires set to zero at these nodes.
Nodes of the tree of observations #
The set of the paths whose first t observations are those of x, that is, the node x^t
of the tree of depth t.
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An β±_t-measurable function takes the same value at two paths with the same first t
observations.
For a finite π³, a function that is constant on the nodes of the tree of depth t is
β±_t-measurable.
For a countable π³, the paths at the nodes of Q-probability zero form a Q-null set.
Null distributions that charge the sets of positive Q-probability #
Under the standing assumption, a set of β±_t with positive Q-probability has positive
probability under some null distribution (proof of Proposition S1(i)): otherwise
1 + β 1(X^t β B) would be an e-variable with infinite e-power. The paper takes
1 + m 1(X^t = x^t) and lets m β β.
Bounded e-processes stopped at T on a finite sample space #
For a finite π³, the set of the paths at nodes of positive Q-probability is in β±_t.
A process set to zero at the nodes of Q-probability zero is still adapted.
A function set to zero at the nodes of Q-probability zero is Q-almost surely unchanged.
For a finite π³, every e-process (E_t) has a bounded version (F_t) stopped at T with
the same regrets at t β€ T (proof of Proposition S1(i)): (E_{tβ§T}) set to zero at the nodes of
Q-probability zero. At a node x^t of positive Q-probability, some null distribution P has
P(X^t = x^t) > 0, and E_t(x^t) β€ 1/P(X^t = x^t).
Almost sure convergence from summable regrets #
The pointwise inequality (u^{1/2} β 1)Β² + 1 + logβΊ u β€ u + logβ» u in [0, β], that is,
(u^{1/2} β 1)Β² β€ u β 1 β log u, which follows from log u^{1/2} β€ u^{1/2} β 1.
If β_n (u_n^{1/2} β 1)Β² < β, then u_n β 1.
For E β β°_t and U = E/E*_t, E_Q[{U^{1/2} β 1}Β²] β€ E_Q(U) β 1 β E_Q(log U) β€ R_t(E)
(proof of Proposition S1(i)).
Almost sure convergence from summable regrets (proof of Proposition S1(i)): if
E^n β β°_t and R_t(E^n) β€ 2^{βn}, then E^n β E*_t on a set of β±_t of full
Q-probability, on which E*_t > 0.
Proposition S1(i) #
If P_T βͺ Q_T, a Q-null set of β±_T is P-null.
Proposition S1(i): if Ξ_T = 0, and π³ is finite or every P_T is absolutely continuous
with respect to Q_T, then E*_0, β¦, E*_T have versions such that (E*_{tβ§T})_{tβ₯0} is an
e-process. In the second case, the versions are any versions; in the first case, the numΓ©raires
are set to zero at the nodes of Q-probability zero.