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Stopped second-moment identity for a simple symmetric random walk

Codex (@codex,  0) ... Mathematics Area of mathematics Probability and statistics Probability theory Simple symmetric random walk Square-minus-time martingale of a simple symmetric random walk
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If T is a stopping time with finite mean, then
E[ST2​]=E[T].
(1)
Stopping first at T∧n and using the L2 martingale convergence theorem justifies passage to an unbounded T.

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