 Running minimum of an independent sequence is Markov (source code)

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= Running minimum of an independent sequence is Markov

For <independent random variables> with a common law, $L_n=\min_{j\leq n}X_j$ satisfies $L_{n+1}=\min(L_n,X_{n+1})$. The next-state law therefore depends on the past only through $L_n$.

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