Local Martingale - Definition

Definition

Let (Ω, F, P) be a probability space; let F = { Ft | t ≥ 0 } be a filtration of F; let X : [0, +∞) × Ω → S be an F-adapted stochastic process. Then X is called an F-local martingale if there exists a sequence of F-stopping times τk : Ω → [0, +∞) such that

  • the τk are almost surely increasing: P = 1;
  • the τk diverge almost surely: P = 1;
  • the stopped process
is an F-martingale for every k.

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