Solution

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At each nondegenerate binary node, no arbitrage requires the riskless gross return to lie strictly between the two stock returns. The three intervals are at time zero, at the upper node, and at the lower node. Their intersection gives
At , the upper-branch risk-neutral probabilities are . They are initially, after the up move, and after the down move. All are strictly between zero and one, so the martingale measure is equivalent and unique. The four terminal probabilities in the PDF's order are .

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