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Equality case for conditional second moments (EY2=EX2+E(Y−X)2)

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If Y is a real square-integrable random variable and X=E[Y∣G], then E[XY]=EX2 and the displayed identity follows by expansion. Thus equality of the second moments forces X=Y as an almost sure equality. This is the equality case of the conditional Jensen inequality for the strictly convex function z↦z2.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2014 / iii / Paper 26 / 2 / 3 / Solution

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