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A generalization of Lyapunov's convexity theorem with applications in optimal stopping
Author(s):
Zuzana
Kühn;
Uwe
Rösler
Journal:
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc.
126
(1998),
769-777.
MSC (1991):
Primary 28B05;
Secondary 60G40
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Abstract:
Lyapunov proved that the range of finite measures defined on the same -algebra is compact, and if each measure also is atomless, then the range is convex. Although both conclusions may fail for measures on different -algebras of the same set, they do hold if the -algebras are nested, which is exactly the setting of classical optimal stopping theory.
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Zuzana
Kühn
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332
Address at time of publication:
Brinkmannstr. 4, 12169 Berlin, Bermany
Email:
gt9843a@prism.gatech.edu
Uwe
Rösler
Affiliation:
Mathematisches Seminar der CAU Kiel, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Ludewig-Meyn-Str. 4, 24098 Kiel, Germany
Email:
nms34@rz.uni-kiel.d400.de
DOI:
10.1090/S0002-9939-98-04120-3
PII:
S 0002-9939(98)04120-3
Keywords:
Vector measure,
range,
optimal stopping
Received by editor(s):
February 26, 1996
Received by editor(s) in revised form:
September 3, 1996
Communicated by:
Stanley Sawyer
Copyright of article:
Copyright
1998,
American Mathematical Society
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