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= Solution

If such $\rho$ existed, then integrability and $H\cdot X\geq0$ would give
$$
0=H\cdot\mathbb E[\rho X]
=\mathbb E[\rho(H\cdot X)].
$$
But $\rho>0$ almost surely and $H\cdot X$ is nonnegative and strictly positive with positive probability. Hence $\rho(H\cdot X)$ is nonnegative and nonzero with positive probability, so its expectation is strictly positive. This contradiction proves that \b[no such positive state-price density exists].

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