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Proof of Integrals Against the Observation Process are Determined by the Observations

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Proof

Fix the component index ii and abbreviate the modulus of continuity: by Continuity on a Closed Interval Implies Uniform Continuity choose ωn→0\omega_n\to0 bounding ∣fij(v)−fij(v′)∣|f_{ij}(v)-f_{ij}(v')| for all entries jj and all v,v′∈[0,t]v,v'\in[0,t] with ∣v−v′∣≤t/n|v-v'|\le t/n. Norms and Cauchy-Schwarz are from Square-Integrable Random Variables and the Mean-Square Inner Product and Cauchy-Schwarz and Triangle Inequalities for the Mean-Square Norm.

Claim 1. By claim 5 of Basic Properties of the Mean-Square Riemann Integral and the interval-splitting of Wiener integrals (Ito Integrable Process and the Ito Integral, claim 1 of Properties of the Ito Integral: Linearity, Isometry, Martingale Property, and Mean-Square Continuity), almost surely,

uxpj−uxp−1j=∫xp−1xp(E~X)vj dv+∑j′(∫0xpε~jj′ dWj′−∫0xp−1ε~jj′ dWj′).u^{j}_{x_p}-u^{j}_{x_{p-1}}=\int_{x_{p-1}}^{x_p}\bigl(\tilde EX\bigr)^{j}_v\,dv+\sum_{j'}\Bigl(\int_0^{x_p}\tilde\varepsilon_{jj'}\,dW^{j'}-\int_0^{x_{p-1}}\tilde\varepsilon_{jj'}\,dW^{j'}\Bigr).

Hence the ii-th component of the Riemann-Stieltjes sum splits into a time part ∑p∑jfij(xp−1)∫xp−1xp(E~X)vj dv\sum_{p}\sum_jf_{ij}(x_{p-1})\int_{x_{p-1}}^{x_p}(\tilde EX)^{j}_v\,dv and a Wiener part.

Time part. By claims 1, 2, 5 of Basic Properties of the Mean-Square Riemann Integral (with the nn-fold split of ∫0t\int_0^t obtained by induction from claim 5), the difference from ∫0t(fE~X)vi dv\int_0^t(f\tilde EX)^{i}_v\,dv equals ∑p∑j∫xp−1xp(fij(xp−1)−fij(v))(E~X)vj dv\sum_{p}\sum_j\int_{x_{p-1}}^{x_p}\bigl(f_{ij}(x_{p-1})-f_{ij}(v)\bigr)(\tilde EX)^{j}_v\,dv, whose norm is at most ωn∑j∫0t∥(E~X)vj∥2 dv→0\omega_n\sum_j\int_0^t\lVert(\tilde EX)^{j}_v\rVert_2\,dv\to0 by the norm bound (claim 4 there).

Wiener part. Fix j′j'. With Vsjj′:=∫0sε~jj′ dWj′V^{jj'}_s:=\int_0^s\tilde\varepsilon_{jj'}\,dW^{j'}, the relevant difference is

Dn=∑p∑jfij(xp−1)(Vxpjj′−Vxp−1jj′)−∫0t(fε~)ij′(v) dWvj′.D_n=\sum_{p}\sum_jf_{ij}(x_{p-1})\Bigl(V^{jj'}_{x_p}-V^{jj'}_{x_{p-1}}\Bigr)-\int_0^t\bigl(f\tilde\varepsilon\bigr)_{ij'}(v)\,dW^{j'}_v .

All terms are Wiener integrals of continuous functions against Wj′W^{j'}, members of the centered jointly Gaussian family of claims 2-3 of Wiener Integrals Against a Vector Brownian Motion are Jointly Gaussian, so E[Dn2]\mathbb{E}[D_n^{2}] is a finite bilinear combination of the covariances given by claim 3 there: increments Vxpjj′−Vxp−1jj′V^{jj'}_{x_p}-V^{jj'}_{x_{p-1}} and Vxqj′′j′−Vxq−1j′′j′V^{j''j'}_{x_q}-V^{j''j'}_{x_{q-1}} over disjoint cells p≠qp\ne q are uncorrelated (evaluate the four min⁡\min terms), while over the same cell Cov⁡(Vxpjj′−Vxp−1jj′,Vxpj′′j′−Vxp−1j′′j′)=∫xp−1xpε~jj′ε~j′′j′ dv\operatorname{Cov}\bigl(V^{jj'}_{x_p}-V^{jj'}_{x_{p-1}},V^{j''j'}_{x_p}-V^{j''j'}_{x_{p-1}}\bigr)=\int_{x_{p-1}}^{x_p}\tilde\varepsilon_{jj'}\tilde\varepsilon_{j''j'}\,dv and Cov⁡(Vxpjj′−Vxp−1jj′,∫0t(fε~)ij′ dWj′)=∫xp−1xpε~jj′(fε~)ij′ dv\operatorname{Cov}\bigl(V^{jj'}_{x_p}-V^{jj'}_{x_{p-1}},\int_0^t(f\tilde\varepsilon)_{ij'}\,dW^{j'}\bigr)=\int_{x_{p-1}}^{x_p}\tilde\varepsilon_{jj'}(f\tilde\varepsilon)_{ij'}\,dv (Additivity of the Riemann Integral on Adjacent Intervals for the interval splittings). Writing sn(v)=∑jfij(xp(v)−1)ε~jj′(v)s_n(v)=\sum_jf_{ij}(x_{p(v)-1})\tilde\varepsilon_{jj'}(v), where p(v)p(v) is the index with v∈(xp(v)−1,xp(v)]v\in(x_{p(v)-1},x_{p(v)}] (so sns_n depends on ii and j′j'), collecting the three groups of terms and completing the square in each cell yields

E[Dn2]=∑p∫xp−1xp(sn(v)−(fε~)ij′(v))2dv≤t (l~ ωn max⁡∣ε~∣)2→0,\mathbb{E}[D_n^{2}]=\sum_{p}\int_{x_{p-1}}^{x_p}\Bigl(s_n(v)-\bigl(f\tilde\varepsilon\bigr)_{ij'}(v)\Bigr)^{2}dv\le t\,\bigl(\tilde l\,\omega_n\,\max|\tilde\varepsilon|\bigr)^{2}\to0 ,

since ∣sn(v)−(fε~)ij′(v)∣=∣∑j(fij(xp(v)−1)−fij(v))ε~jj′(v)∣≤l~ ωnmax⁡∣ε~∣|s_n(v)-(f\tilde\varepsilon)_{ij'}(v)|=|\sum_j(f_{ij}(x_{p(v)-1})-f_{ij}(v))\tilde\varepsilon_{jj'}(v)|\le\tilde l\,\omega_n\max|\tilde\varepsilon|, with max⁡∣ε~∣\max|\tilde\varepsilon| a bound on all entries of ε~\tilde\varepsilon (Extreme Value Theorem on a Compact Interval); monotonicity of the Riemann integral is via Agreement of the Riemann and Lebesgue Integrals for Continuous Functions on a Closed Interval and Linearity and Monotonicity of the Lebesgue Integral. Summing the two parts over the finitely many indices (triangle inequality) proves claim 1.

Claim 2. Each Riemann-Stieltjes sum is a finite linear combination of the values uxpju^{j}_{x_p} with xp≤tx_p\le t, all Gt\mathcal{G}_t-measurable. By claim 1 the sums converge in mean square to the component of ∫0tf du\int_0^tf\,du, so that component lies in the closed mean-square span of the values urju^{j}_r (r≤tr\le t) — the second assertion — and, by claim 2 of The Closed Mean-Square Span of a Family of Random Variables applied with G=Gt\mathcal{G}=\mathcal{G}_t, it is almost surely equal to a Gt\mathcal{G}_t-measurable square-integrable random variable. ■\blacksquare

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