Solution

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The stochastic exponential of is
Itô's formula gives , so it is a positive continuous local martingale starting from one. For ,
Every nonnegative local martingale is a supermartingale. Hence, under ,
The bound applies also to stopped versions. Localize the exponential to true martingales. Their uniform bound permits passage to the limit, proving that the unstopped exponential is a true martingale of mean one. The same bound makes its entire time-indexed family uniformly integrable. This proves the bounded-bracket criterion for a stochastic exponential, without needing an additional exponential-moment assumption.

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