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Regular conditional kernels push forward under measurable random maps
Statement
Let be a probability space, let , let be a random element of , and let be a regular conditional distribution of given . If is a measurable space and is measurable, then is a regular conditional distribution of given .
If, in addition, is a random element of a measurable space , is independent of , and has law , then is a regular conditional distribution of given .
Facts & Assumptions
Given: The probability space, sub-sigma-algebra, random element, regular conditional distribution, and measurable map in the statement; for the second assertion, the independent random element and its law .
A regular conditional distribution is an everywhere probability kernel whose evaluations satisfy for every and . Regular conditional distribution
Product sigma-algebras are generated by measurable rectangles. The product sigma-algebra and its finite iterates
Every section of a probability kernel is a probability measure, and each event evaluation is measurable in the conditioning point. Measure kernel and probability kernel
The product of two probability measures exists, is a probability measure, and has the rectangle formula. For sigma-finite factors, the product measure exists, has the rectangle formula, is sigma-finite, and is unique
Independence of sigma-algebras gives for events from the respective sigma-algebras. Independent sigma-algebras and independent events
Increasing limits pass through nonnegative integrals. Monotone convergence for the integral
A lambda-system containing a generating pi-system contains its generated sigma-algebra. Dynkin's pi-lambda theorem
Increasing pointwise limits of measurable extended-real functions are measurable. Sequential suprema, infima, limsup, liminf, and pointwise limits of measurable functions are measurable
A finite tuple of measurable coordinate maps is measurable into the finite product sigma-algebra. Coordinate maps and permutations are measurable on finite products
Every section of a product-measurable set is measurable in the corresponding factor. Every section of a product-measurable set is measurable
The map is measurable for and .
In the second assertion, is independent of and has law .
Proof
Let consist of product-measurable sets for which is -measurable and for every . For a rectangle , is measurable by [F1], and its integral identity follows by applying [F1] to . Thus all rectangles lie in .
For each , define , which is a probability measure by [F4]. On a rectangle , its evaluation is , a -measurable function. For , the integral of this evaluation over equals by [F1]. Since , independence [A2, F5] makes this .
The whole space is in . If , then and the integral identity for follows by subtracting the identity for from . If are disjoint members of , then their sections are disjoint, so pointwise; [F8] makes the increasing partial sums' limit measurable, and [F6] gives the integral identity for the union. Hence is a lambda-system. Measurable rectangles contain and are closed under finite intersections, so they form a pi-system generating by [F2]; [F7] therefore gives .
For , [A1] makes product-measurable and [F10] makes its sections measurable, so is defined. The map is measurable from into : the identity map into is measurable because , and is measurable, so [F9] applies. Therefore is the measurable preimage of under this map. Step 2.1 gives measurability and the conditional-event identity for . For every , is the pushforward of the probability measure , hence is a probability measure. These are exactly the clauses in [F1], so is a regular conditional distribution of .
The tuple is measurable into the product space by [F9]. The class of sets in for which the evaluation of is measurable and the conditional-event identity holds is a lambda-system: complements subtract from the whole-space identity, and disjoint unions follow from countable additivity, measurable increasing limits [F8], and [F6]. It contains all rectangles by step 1.2, so [F2, F7] show that it contains . Every section is the product probability measure from [F4]; consequently is a regular conditional distribution of given .
Depends on
- Coordinate maps and permutations are measurable on finite products
- Regular conditional distribution
- The product sigma-algebra and its finite iterates
- A measurable function between measurable spaces
- Measure kernel and probability kernel
- Independent sigma-algebras and independent events
- For sigma-finite factors, the product measure exists, has the rectangle formula, is sigma-finite, and is unique
- Dynkin's pi-lambda theorem
- Monotone convergence for the integral
- Sequential suprema, infima, limsup, liminf, and pointwise limits of measurable functions are measurable
- Every section of a product-measurable set is measurable
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Sources
- John K. Hunter, Measure Theory, §§3.1, 5.1, 5.4–5.5 (standard reference, not scraped)