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Interpret positivity of as strict positivity almost surely. Suppose the stated bounded positive pricing variable exists. For a vector satisfying the two sign restrictions,
A nonnegative random variable with zero expectation vanishes almost surely. Since , this gives almost surely and . The supplied nondegeneracy condition now yields . This proves the direction from a one-period martingale deflator to the separating-portfolio condition; no asset-pricing theorem has been invoked.

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