Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2023/ii/paper-1/27k/b/solution

Fix and let
This is a Dynkin system. It contains . If , then
so it is closed under complements. Countable additivity gives closure under countable disjoint unions.
The hypothesis says . Since is a pi-system, Dynkin lemma yields
Thus the factorization holds for every and every .
Now fix such a and define
The identical calculation makes a Dynkin system. The first step gives , so a second application of Dynkin lemma gives
Therefore the probability factorization holds for every
which is precisely independence of the two sigma-algebras. This is independence extended from generating pi-systems.

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