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Use the standard definition of a local martingale, including an integrable initial value, and let $T_n\uparrow \infty$ be a localizing sequence. If $X\ge 0$, the Fatou lemma gives $\mathbb{E}{X}_t\le {\mathrm{liminf}}_n\mathbb{E}{X}_{t\wedge T_n}=\mathbb{E}{X}_0<\infty$. For $s\le t$, the Conditional Fatou lemma givesFor clarity, the Conditional Fatou lemma itself follows by setting $U_m={\inf }_{n\ge m}{U}_n$ for nonnegative $U_n$, applying the conditional version of the monotone convergence theorem to $U_m\uparrow \mathrm{liminf}{U}_n$, and observing $\mathbb{E}(U_m\mid {\mathcal{F}}_s)\le {\inf }_{n\ge m}\mathbb{E}(U_n\mid {\mathcal{F}}_s)$. Hence a nonnegative local martingale is a supermartingale.

If $|X_t|\le C$ simultaneously for all $t$, with a deterministic $C<\infty$, the dominated convergence theorem applied to the stopped martingale identity gives, for each $A\in {\mathcal{F}}_s$,This is exactly the conditional expectation identity, so a bounded local martingale is a true martingale. The same proof works for deterministic bounds on every finite time interval; merely having a finite random pathwise bound supplies no dominating integrable random variable and is a different convention.

Let ${\mathcal{F}}_n=\sigma (X_1,\dots ,X_n)$ be the natural filtration. An integer-valued random variable $M$ is a stopping time with respect to $(X_i)$ whenThus whether one has stopped by time $n$ can be decided from the first $n$ observations, without seeing future variables. Equivalently, $\{M\ge i\}\in {\mathcal{F}}_{i-1}$.

Write the stopped sum asThe event $\{M\ge i\}$ depends only on $X_1,\dots ,X_{i-1}$, so its indicator and $X_i$ are independent random variables. Since $\mathbb{E}|X_1|<\infty$ and $\mathbb{E}M<\infty$, Tonelli theorem givesWe may consequently exchange expectation and summation. Using the tail-sum formula for $M$ proves Wald's equation:

For the renewal process, put $S_n=X_1+\cdots +X_n$ and $N_t=\max \{n:S_n\le t\}$. The random variable $N_t+1$ is a stopping time. Since $S_{N_t+1}>t$, Wald's equation givesand hence

For $c>0$, set $Y_i=X_i\wedge c$ and ${\mu }_c=\mathbb{E}{Y}_i$. Wald's equation still applies to the stopping time $N_t+1$ and the independent variables $Y_i$. Because $S_{N_t}\le t$,ThereforeBy the monotone convergence theorem, ${\mu }_c\uparrow \mu$ as $c\to \infty$. Combining the bounds proves the elementary renewal theorem

For a fixed word over $q$ equally likely symbols, the waiting time for a word in independent uniform symbols has mean $\sum q^k$, where $k$ runs through the lengths of the borders of a word, including the full word. The word lava' has no proper nonempty border, so $$ \boxed{\mathbb E\tau_{\mathtt{lava}}=100^4=100\,000\,000}. $$ The word aa' has borders of lengths $1$ and $2$, soFor a direct check, let $E_0$ be the expected remaining time with no trailing a' and $E_1$ with one trailing a'. Thenwhich gives $E_0=10100$.

Let $R$ be the number of returns to $v$ after time $0$. Since $v$ is a recurrent state, the probability of another return after each visit is one. By the stated geometric distribution description, ${\mathbb{P}}_v(R\ge k)=1$ for every positive integer $k$. Thus $R=\infty$ almost surely and ${\mathbb{E}}_{v}R=\infty$.

On the other hand, writing each visit as an indicator random variable and applying the monotone convergence theorem to the partial sums givesThe left side is infinite, proving the recurrence criterion by return probabilities in the required direction:

The Beppo Levi theorem, or monotone convergence theorem, states that if $(f_n)$ is a sequence of nonnegative measurable functions on a measure space andpointwise almost everywhere, then $f$ is measurable andwhere either side may be infinite.

Measurability of $f={\sup }_n{f}_n$ follows from measurability of countable suprema. Since $f_n\le f$, monotonicity of the Lebesgue integral givesFor the reverse inequality, let $s$ be a nonnegative simple function with $s\le f$, and fix $0<c<1$. DefineThen $E_n\uparrow X$ up to the null set on which convergence fails. Since $f_n\ge c,s{1}_{E_n}$,by continuity from below of a measure, applied to the finitely many level sets of $s$. Hence ${\lim }_n\int f_n\ge c\int s$. Letting $c\uparrow 1$ and taking the supremum over all simple $s\le f$, as in the definition of the Lebesgue integral, gives the reverse inequality and proves the theorem.

For integer $k\ge 1$, define $f_k(n)=f(k,n)$. The assumed monotonicity in $t$ givesfor every $n$. Apply the monotone convergence theorem on $\mathbb{N}$ with counting measure:The function $t\mapsto {\sum }_{n}f(t,n)$ is itself nondecreasing, and the positive integers are cofinal in $\mathbb{R}$ as $t\to \infty$, so its limit over real $t$ equals its limit over integer $k$. Therefore

Without monotonicity, takeFor each fixed $n$, $f(t,n)\to 0$, so the sum of the pointwise limits is zero. At every $t\ge 1$, however, exactly one term is one, so ${\sum }_{n}f(t,n)=1$ and its limit is one. This moving-spike obstruction to interchanging a limit and an infinite sum gives the required counterexample.

The space $L^2(X,\mathcal{F},\nu )$ consists of equivalence classes, modulo equality almost everywhere, of measurable real functions satisfyingIt has inner product and induced normThe Cauchy-Schwarz inequality makes the inner product finite and verifies the norm axioms.

To prove completeness, let $(f_n)$ be Cauchy and choose a subsequence such thatBy the triangle inequality, the partial sumshave uniformly bounded $L^2$ norm. The monotone convergence theorem shows that their pointwise limit $g$ belongs to $L^2$ and is finite almost everywhere. The telescoping series therefore converges almost everywhere to a measurable function $f$, andThe original Cauchy sequence then converges to $f$ in $L^2$. Thus the result that an L2 space is a Hilbert space gives

Fatou lemma states that for any sequence $(f_n)$ of nonnegative measurable functions on a measure space,

For the proof, defineThen $(g_n)$ is a nonnegative increasing sequence andThe monotone convergence theorem therefore givesFor each $k\ge n$, we have $g_n\le f_k$, so monotonicity of the Lebesgue integral yieldsTaking the limit in $n$ proves the asserted inequality and the proof of Fatou lemma.

The L2 martingale convergence theorem gives $M_t\to M_{\infty }$ in $L^2$, soConversely, apply the Doob L2 maximal inequality on $[0,T]$:Monotone convergence as $T\to \infty$ givesThus the two norms are equivalent.

By conformal invariance, $g_A(B)$ after its quadratic-variation time-change is Brownian motion in $\mathbb{H}$, started atSince $E\subset \mathbb{R}\setminus [-1,1]$ and $A\subset \overline{\mathbb{D}}$, the boundary correspondence is regular there, and the exit event maps to $g_A(E)$. The Poisson kernel of $\mathbb{H}$ therefore givesFor bounded subsets, multiplication by $y$ makes the integrand converge uniformly to $1/\pi$. Approximation by increasing bounded subsets and monotone convergence then giveswith both sides allowed to be infinite.

The monotone convergence theorem states that if
$0\le f_n\uparrow f$ pointwise, thenallowing the value $+\infty$.

Monotonicity of the integral shows that the increasing limit $L$ of the left side is at most $\int f$. Conversely, let $s$ be a nonnegative simple function with $s\le f$, and fix $0<c<1$. The setsincrease to the support of $s$. HenceLet $c\uparrow 1$ and take the supremum over all simple $s\le f$. This gives
$L\ge \int f$, proving equality.

The exponential process $Z_t=\exp (-B_t-t/2)$ is a martingale. Under the Girsanov theorem change of measure $d\mathbb{Q}{|}_{{\mathcal{F}}_t}=Z_t,d\mathbb{P}{|}_{{\mathcal{F}}_t}$, the process $W_t=B_t+t$ is Brownian motion. Its first hitting time $T_a$ of $a>0$ is finite $\mathbb{Q}$-almost surely. On $\{T_a\le t\}$, the optional sampling theorem givesbecause $B_{T_a}=a-T_a$. Letting $t\to \infty$ and applying the monotone convergence theorem yieldsThis is the Critical exponential moment of a drifted Brownian hitting time.

Put $A_t=[M{]}_t$ and use the Dambis-Dubins-Schwarz theorem to write $M_t=B_{A_t}$, enlarging the space if necessary after the terminal clock value. In the time-changed filtration, $A_t$ is a stopping time. For $b<0$, let $S_b=\inf \{s:B_s-s=b\}$. Applying part c with $R=A_t$ givesOn $\{S_b\le A_t\}$, the first integrand is at most $e^b{e}^{A_t/2}$. The assumed Novikov condition therefore impliesas $b\to -\infty$, uniformly for $t\le T$. Meanwhile $mathbf{1}_{\{A_t<S_b\}}\uparrow 1$, so the monotone convergence theorem gives $\mathbb{E}\mathcal{E}(M{)}_t=1$. A nonnegative local martingale with constant expectation is a martingale. Thus $\mathcal{E}(M^T)$ is a martingale, proving the Novikov condition.

For the simple symmetric random walk, $S_n$ is a martingale and the square-minus-time martingale of a simple symmetric random walk isIndeed, conditioning on ${\mathcal{F}}_n$ and using $\mathbb{E}[X_{n+1}]=0$ and $X_{n+1}^2=1$ gives $\mathbb{E}[S_{n+1}^2\mid {\mathcal{F}}_n]=S_n^2+1$.

Apply the optional sampling theorem for a supermartingale to the bounded stopping time $T\wedge n$:Thus the stopped martingale $(S_{T\wedge n})$ is bounded in $L^2$. The L2 martingale convergence theorem gives convergence in $L^2$, and because $T<\infty$ almost surely its limit is $S_T$. Meanwhile the monotone convergence theorem gives $\mathbb{E}[T\wedge n]\to \mathbb{E}[T]$. Therefore

Finite mean is essential. Let $T=\inf \{n\ge 1:S_n=0\}$ be the first return to zero. The one-dimensional simple symmetric random walk is recurrent, so $T<\infty$ almost surely, but its first-return time has infinite mean. Since $S_T=0$,

The monotone convergence theorem states that if $f_n$ are nonnegative measurable functions with $f_n(x)\uparrow f(x)$ almost everywhere, thenwhere either side may be infinite.

The integrals increase and are bounded above by $\int f$, so let their limit be $L\le \int f$. Let $s$ be a nonnegative simple function with $s\le f$, and fix $0<c<1$. The setsincrease and cover $\{s>0\}$ up to a null set. Hence continuity of measure from below givesThus $L\ge c\int s$. Taking the supremum over all simple $s\le f$ and then letting $c\uparrow 1$ gives $L\ge \int f$. Therefore equality holds.

Assume ${\sup }_n\mathbb{E}|M_n|<\infty$. For every pair of rationals $a<b$, Doob upcrossing inequality givesby monotone convergence theorem. Thus every rational interval is upcrossed only finitely often almost surely. If a real sequence has distinct limit inferior and limit superior, it completes infinitely many upcrossings of some rational interval between them. Hence $M_n$ converges in the extended real line almost surely.

Fatou lemma givesso the limit is finite almost surely and integrable. This is the $L^1$-bounded form of the Martingale convergence theorem.

Let $D\subset {\mathbb{R}}^d$ be bounded, choose $R$ with $D\subset B(0,R)$, and let $T$ and ${\tau }_R$ be the respective exit times. Then $T\le {\tau }_R$. Sinceis a martingale, the optional sampling theorem for a supermartingale at ${\tau }_R\wedge n$ givesMonotone convergence theorem now gives

Let $T=\inf \{t\ge 0:X_t\notin (-a,b)\}$, and suppose the jumps of $X$ have absolute value at most $c$. A nonconstant centered finite-variance Lévy process oscillates, so $T<\infty$ almost surely. Before $T$ the process lies in $(-a,b)$, and at $T$ its bounded overshoot gives $X_T\in [-a-c,b+c]$. Thus the variables $X_{T\wedge n}^2$ are uniformly bounded.

Apply the optional sampling theorem for a supermartingale to the martingale from part (c):Bounded convergence theorem on the left and monotone convergence theorem on the right yield

Let $(X_n)$ be Cauchy in the normChoose a subsequence $(X_{n_k})$ for whichTonelli theorem impliesalmost surely. The subsequence therefore converges uniformly on $[0,\infty )$, outside one null event, to a continuous process $X$. For each $t$, $X_t$ is the almost-sure limit of ${\mathcal{F}}_t$-measurable variables; completeness of the filtration makes the chosen version adapted. The same summable bound and monotone convergence theorem show that $\mathbb{E}{\sup }_t|X_t|<\infty$ and that $X_{n_k}\to X$ in norm.

Since the original sequence is Cauchy, the usual triangle argument upgrades convergence of the subsequence to $X_n\to X$ in norm. Thus the space of indistinguishability classes is a Banach space.

The Strong Markov property at the first visit to $0$ gives the singleton equilibrium potential from the Green functionLet $U_n$ be an increasing exhaustion of $G$ by finite sets containing $0$, and let $g_{U_n}(x,0)$ be the Green function of a transient weighted graph stopped on leaving $U_n$. Each $g_{U_n}(\cdot ,0)$ has finite support. The Green identity and the Markov property give, for $m\ge n$,By the monotone convergence theorem, the right side tends to zero as $m,n\to \infty$, while $g_{U_n}(x,0)\uparrow g(x,0)$. Thus $g(\cdot ,0)$ is an $H_0$ limit of finitely supported functions. Dividing by the positive number $g(0,0)$ proves $h\in H_0$.

Suppose bounded $V\ge 0$ is bounded below by a positive constant on some nonempty open interval, and $f\ge C>0$. The Feynman-Kac formula with a bounded potential gives $u(t,x)\ge C{\mathbb{E}}_x{e}^{{\int }_0^{t}V(B_s)ds}$. Infinite occupation time of one-dimensional Brownian motion makes that integral tend to infinity almost surely. The monotone convergence theorem then gives $u(t,x)\to \infty$ for every fixed $x$. Thus no globally bounded classical solution exists under these hypotheses, although boundedness on every finite time slab is compatible with the conclusion.