 Independent sigma-algebras have trivial intersection (source code)

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= Independent sigma-algebras have trivial intersection

If sub-sigma-algebras $\mathcal G$ and $\mathcal H$ are independent, every event in $\mathcal G\cap\mathcal H$ is independent of itself and consequently has probability zero or one. Thus
$$
\mathbb E[X\mid\mathcal G\cap\mathcal H]=\mathbb E[X]
$$
almost surely for every integrable random variable $X$.

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