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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2006 iii Paper 35 1 d Solution by
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For a simple predictable process, define its stochastic integral byIt is constant after , so the symbol means its value there. Put . If , then is -measurable, and the conditional expectation of given that sigma-algebra is zero. Boundedness of the coefficients and square-integrability of justify the expectations, so all cross terms vanish:For each diagonal term, the martingale increment identity also givesIndeed, the omitted term has expectation zero. Apply the assumed martingale property of to replace this difference of squares by the corresponding quadratic variation increment. ThusThe intervals in the Lebesgue–Stieltjes integral exactly match these increments, including possible jumps of .
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