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Radial second moment of multidimensional Brownian motion

Example

Assume the Axiom of Choice. Let d≥1 be finite, let B=(Bt)t≥0 be a standard d-dimensional Brownian motion, and give it its uncompleted natural filtration

Ft=σ(Bu:0≤u≤t).

Then

E∥Bt∥22=d t(t≥0),

and the real process

Mt=∥Bt∥22−d t

is an all-pairs continuous-time martingale: for every 0≤s≤t,

E[Mt∣Fs]=Msalmost surely.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: AC, a finite integer d≥1, and a standard d-dimensional Brownian motion B.

[F1]

A standard d-dimensional Brownian motion starts at zero almost surely, has mutually independent vector increments with law Nd(0,hId) on every finite increasing grid, and equivalently has independent standard scalar Brownian coordinate processes. d-dimensional Brownian motion

[F2]

The uncompleted natural filtration is generated by observations up to time t; an all-pairs martingale is adapted, integrable at each time, and satisfies the displayed conditional identity for every s≤t. Continuous-time filtrations and all-pairs martingales

[F3]

Disjoint groups of independent sigma-algebras remain independent, and measurable functions applied separately to independent random elements remain independent. Disjoint groups of an independent sigma-algebra family remain independent Measurable coordinatewise functions preserve independence

[F4]

A pi-system contained in a lambda-system generates a sigma-algebra still contained in that lambda-system; probability is finitely additive and continuous on increasing event sequences. Dynkin's pi-lambda theorem Basic identities for a probability measure

[F6]

A scalar N(0,h) variable has mean zero and variance, hence second moment, h, including h=0. Characteristic function of a normal law

[F7]

A variable measurable for the conditioning sigma-algebra conditions to itself; an integrable variable independent of that sigma-algebra conditions to its mean. Conditional expectation is linear, and a finite known factor may be taken out when the products are integrable. Ordinary L1 integration is linear on arbitrary measure spaces. Conditioning a known variable and an independent variable Basic algebra and order properties of conditional expectation Taking out what is known The Lebesgue integral is linear on L1(μ)

[F8]

Products of square-integrable real variables are integrable by Cauchy--Schwarz. Cauchy-Schwarz for random variables

[F9]

AC is used through the Brownian, normal-law, and conditional-expectation suppliers. The Axiom of Choice

Verification

technique · direct
1.1F1F2F5F6F7

Write Bt=(Bt1,…,Btd). By [F1], each Btα has law N(0,t), so [F6] gives E[(Btα)2]=t. The coordinate-square sum in [F5] and finite L1 linearity in [F7] therefore give E∥Bt∥22=∑α=1dE[(Btα)2]=d t. Thus ∥Bt∥22 and Mt are integrable. The map x↦∥x∥22 is continuous, hence Borel by [F5]; since Bt is an observation generating Ft, both ∥Bt∥22 and Mt are Ft-measurable. Consequently M is adapted. At t=0, the same calculation gives expectation zero although B0=0 is only an almost-sure identity.

1.2F1F2F3F9

Fix 0≤s<t and put Δ=Bt−Bs. Let Πs consist of Ω and all finite intersections ⋂j=1m{Buj∈Aj},0≤uj≤s,Aj∈B(Rd). It is a pi-system and its generated sigma-algebra is Fs by [F2]. Given one such cylinder, sort its distinct positive observation times and adjoin 0,s,t. On the probability-one event {B0=0}, every displayed past observation is a finite cumulative sum of the vector increments ending no later than s. Those increments and Δ are disjoint groups of the mutually independent increment family in [F1]; [F3] makes their grouped vectors, and then the past observation tuple and Δ, independent. Replacing the tuple by its almost-surely equal cumulative-sum expression changes the cylinder event by a null set, so for every Borel C⊆Rd and every A∈Πs, P(A∩{Δ∈C})=P(A)P(Δ∈C). Empty cylinders give Ω. If s=0, every finite past tuple is almost surely the constant zero tuple, and the same null-set argument gives the identity.

2.1step 1.2F4

Fix a Borel C⊆Rd and let ΛC be the events A∈Fs satisfying the factorization in step 1.2. The class contains Ω; finite differences of nested members follow by subtracting the two finite probability identities, and increasing countable unions follow from probability continuity in [F4]. Thus ΛC is a lambda-system containing Πs. By [F4], it contains σ(Πs)=Fs. Since C was arbitrary, Δ is independent of Fs. For s=t, Δ=0 identically and the same independence conclusion is immediate.

3.1step 2.1F1F5F6F7F8

Let h=t−s≥0. By [F1], the coordinates of Δ have laws N(0,h); [F6] and [F7] give E[Δα∣Fs]=0,E[∥Δ∥22∣Fs]=E∥Δ∥22=d h. Indeed each scalar coordinate and the squared norm are Borel functions of the independent vector from step 2.1, and the squared norm is integrable by [F5]--[F7]. Also Bsα and Δα are square-integrable by [F1] and [F6], so [F8] makes their product integrable. Because Bsα is Fs-measurable, taking out what is known yields E[BsαΔα∣Fs]=BsαE[Δα∣Fs]=0. The formulas also hold when h=0, where Δ=0 pointwise.

4.1step 1.1step 3.1F2F5F7algebra

The pathwise Euclidean identity ∥Bt∥22=∥Bs∥22+2∑α=1dBsαΔα+∥Δ∥22 and conditional linearity now give E[∥Bt∥22∣Fs]=∥Bs∥22+d(t−s). Subtracting the deterministic dt proves E[Mt∣Fs]=∥Bs∥22+d(t−s)−dt=Ms. With the adaptation and integrability from step 1.1, this is exactly the all-pairs martingale definition in [F2].

5.1step 1.1step 1.2step 2.1step 3.1step 4.1F1F2F6F7F9∎

Steps 1.1--4.1 prove both displayed claims. The case d=1 is Durrett's scalar square martingale; d=0 is excluded. Time zero, s=0, s=t, and t=0 are all covered, and no completed or right-continuously augmented filtration has been substituted for the stated natural filtration. There is no biconditional. AC is used only through [F1], [F6], and [F7]; the finite grid, pi-lambda promotion, and coordinate sum make no additional choices.

Source notes

Durrett, Section 7.5, Theorem 7.5.4 and its proof, printed p. 376, proves Bt2−t is a martingale by expanding across the future centered increment and conditioning on the Brownian past. The proof above supplies the finite d-coordinate extension and proves from the increment definition and a pi-lambda argument that the future vector increment is independent of the uncompleted natural filtration.

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