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LogOptimalEProcesses.Gaussian.Identity

The supremum η_T as the value of an optimal stopping problem #

This file proves Lemma 2(ii) of the paper (Section S1.5) from the factorization of Lemma 2(i), E*_t = L^θ_t g_t, where g_t = s exp{(1 − s²)t(X̄_t − θ)²/(2s²)} (changeFactor).

theorem LogOptimal.lintegral_gaussNumeraire_eq {s : ℝ} (hs : 0 < s) (hfac : ∀ (θ : ℝ) (t : ℕ) (x : ℕ → ℝ), gaussNumeraire s t x = ENNReal.ofReal (likProcess s θ t x * changeFactor s θ t x)) (θ : ℝ) (T : ℕ) {τ : (ℕ → ℝ) → ℕ∞} (hτ : MeasureTheory.IsStoppingTime (dataFiltration ℝ) τ) :
∫⁻ (x : ℕ → ℝ), gaussNumeraire s (truncTime τ T x) x ∂nullDist θ = ∫⁻ (ω : ℕ → ℝ), ENNReal.ofReal (reward s (truncTime (fun (ω : ℕ → ℝ) => τ (fromIncrements s θ ω)) T ω) ω) ∂stdGaussSeq

For every θ and every stopping time τ of (ℱ_t), the factorization E*_t = L^θ_t g_t gives E_θ(E*_{τ∧T}) = E_{Q_θ}(g_{τ∧T}) by the change of measure from P_θ to Q_θ, and then E(h_{τ̂∧T}) by the transfer to the random walk.

theorem LogOptimal.eta_eq_walkValue {s : ℝ} (hs : 0 < s) (hfac : ∀ (θ : ℝ) (t : ℕ) (x : ℕ → ℝ), gaussNumeraire s t x = ENNReal.ofReal (likProcess s θ t x * changeFactor s θ t x)) (T : ℕ) :

Lemma 2(ii), from the factorization of Lemma 2(i): η_T = sup_τ E(h_{τ∧T}), where τ ranges over the stopping times of the filtration generated by the random walk.