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Independent random elements have product joint law
Statement
Let , and let for be independent random elements. Define
Then is a random element of , and its law is the finite product of the marginal laws:
Facts & Assumptions
Given: Independent random elements for .
Independence of random elements is equivalent to factorization on measurable rectangles. (Independent random elements are characterized by finite rectangle probabilities)
The law of a random element is a probability measure. (Law or distribution of a random element, The law of a random element is a probability measure)
For sigma-finite factors, the product measure is the unique measure on the product sigma-algebra having the rectangle formula. (For sigma-finite factors, the product measure exists, has the rectangle formula, is sigma-finite, and is unique)
The finite product sigma-algebra is generated recursively by measurable rectangles. (The product sigma-algebra and its finite iterates)
Proof
Let . Preimages preserve complements and countable unions, so is a sigma-algebra. If is a measurable rectangle, then . Since [L4] says the product sigma-algebra is generated by such rectangles, is measurable for .
For every measurable rectangle , [L1] gives
By step 1.1, the law is defined, and [L2] makes it a probability measure on the product sigma-algebra.
For , step 1.2 already identifies with . For , define recursively and . Repeated use of the rectangle formula in [L3] shows that for every measurable rectangle. Therefore and agree on all measurable rectangles.
The measures and are finite, hence sigma-finite, and step 2.2 shows that they agree on the generating measurable rectangles from [L4]. The uniqueness clause of [L3], applied recursively through the finite product construction, gives This is the claimed product joint law.
Depends on
- Independent random elements are characterized by finite rectangle probabilities
- Law or distribution of a random element
- The law of a random element is a probability measure
- For sigma-finite factors, the product measure exists, has the rectangle formula, is sigma-finite, and is unique
- The product sigma-algebra and its finite iterates
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Sources
- Rick Durrett, Probability: Theory and Examples, 5th ed., Theorem 2.1.11 (standard reference, not scraped)
- S. R. S. Varadhan, Probability Theory, Lemma 3.1 (standard reference, not scraped)