Solution

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On a finite sample space, all real-valued holdings over the finite interval are bounded after null states are discarded. The gains identity is therefore a bounded predictable martingale transform of the vector martingale , summed over its coordinates. It follows that is a martingale, so
Here the replication cost is a prescribed deterministic initial capital, as in the definition of attainability. The stronger intermediate identity is . If initial capital is instead allowed to be -measurable and random, the corresponding statement is ; its unconditional expectation still equals .

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