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Proof of Mean-Square Riemann Integrals of a Jointly Gaussian Family are Jointly Gaussian

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Reason: Kalman-Bucy phase Block A: proof via affine images of Gaussian vectors and mean-square limits; internally reviewed and validated; batch-approved by Aaron on 2026-07-31.

Proof

Fix versions ItI_t of the mean-square Riemann integrals atHudu\int_a^t H_u\,du for t[a,b]t\in[a,b], with Ia=0I_a=0. By Jointly Gaussian Families of Random Variables and Gaussian Processes it suffices to show: for every choice of finitely many distinct indices of the enlarged family, the tuple of corresponding members is a Gaussian random vector. Since the index set is the disjoint union of JJ and two copies of [a,b][a,b], such a tuple has the form (Xj1,,Xjp,Ht1,,Htq,Is1,,Isr)(X_{j_1},\dots,X_{j_p},H_{t_1},\dots,H_{t_q},I_{s_1},\dots,I_{s_r}) with distinct jlJj_l\in J, distinct tw[a,b]t_w\in[a,b], and distinct sv[a,b]s_v\in[a,b], where any of p,q,rp,q,r may be 00 but not all three. (The same random variable may occur under different indices; this is permitted, as Gaussian random vectors may have repeated coordinates.)

For each natural number n1n\ge1 and each v{1,,r}v\in\{1,\dots,r\} define a random variable Sn(v)S^{(v)}_n as follows: if sv=as_v=a, set Sn(v)=0S^{(v)}_n=0; otherwise let Sn(v)S^{(v)}_n be the mean-square Riemann sum of (Hu)u[a,sv](H_u)_{u\in[a,s_v]} over the partition of [a,sv][a,s_v] into nn equal intervals with left endpoints as tags. Since IsvI_{s_v} is a mean-square Riemann integral over [a,sv][a,s_v] and the mesh (sva)/n(s_v-a)/n tends to 00, Mean-Square Riemann Integral of a Family of Random Variables gives Sn(v)Isv20\lVert S^{(v)}_n-I_{s_v}\rVert_2\to0 as nn\to\infty; when sv=as_v=a this holds trivially because Ia=0=Sn(v)I_a=0=S^{(v)}_n.

Fix nn. The random variables appearing in the tuple (Xj1,,Xjp,Ht1,,Htq,Sn(1),,Sn(r))(X_{j_1},\dots,X_{j_p},H_{t_1},\dots,H_{t_q},S^{(1)}_n,\dots,S^{(r)}_n) are built from finitely many members of the combined family: the XjlX_{j_l}, the HtwH_{t_w}, and the values HuH_u at the finitely many tags of the rr partitions. Choose finitely many distinct indices of the combined family whose members include all of these; by the joint Gaussianity hypothesis and Jointly Gaussian Families of Random Variables and Gaussian Processes, the corresponding tuple is a Gaussian random vector VV. Every coordinate of the tuple above is a finite linear combination of coordinates of VV (a single coordinate for the XjlX_{j_l} and HtwH_{t_w}; the combination iHτi(xixi1)\sum_i H_{\tau_i}(x_i-x_{i-1}) for Sn(v)S^{(v)}_n with sv>as_v>a; the empty combination, that is 00, for Sn(v)S^{(v)}_n with sv=as_v=a). Hence the tuple is the image of VV under a linear map and is a Gaussian random vector by Affine Transformations of Gaussian Random Vectors are Gaussian.

Letting nn\to\infty, the coordinates of these Gaussian random vectors converge in mean square to the coordinates of (Xj1,,Xjp,Ht1,,Htq,Is1,,Isr)(X_{j_1},\dots,X_{j_p},H_{t_1},\dots,H_{t_q},I_{s_1},\dots,I_{s_r}): the first p+qp+q coordinates are constant sequences, and Sn(v)Isv20\lVert S^{(v)}_n-I_{s_v}\rVert_2\to0 for each vv. The limit coordinates are square-integrable, as required by Mean-Square Limits of Gaussian Random Vectors are Gaussian: the XjlX_{j_l} and HtwH_{t_w} are Gaussian, hence square-integrable by Square-Integrability, Moments, and Covariance Matrix of a Gaussian Random Vector, and the IsvI_{s_v} are square-integrable by Mean-Square Riemann Integral of a Family of Random Variables. By Mean-Square Limits of Gaussian Random Vectors are Gaussian, the limit tuple is a Gaussian random vector. Since the choice of finitely many distinct indices was arbitrary, the enlarged family is jointly Gaussian. \blacksquare

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