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Exchangeability.DeFinetti.ViaL2.CesaroConvergence.L2

Cesàro L² Convergence: cesaro_to_condexp_L2 #

L² convergence of block Cesàro averages to the conditional expectation given the tail σ-algebra. Combines the Cauchy property from CesaroConvergence/Cauchy.lean with tail-measurability of the limit.

Main results #

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theorem Exchangeability.DeFinetti.ViaL2.blockAvg_measurable_tailFamily {Ω : Type u_3} [MeasurableSpace Ω] {f : } (hf : Measurable f) {X : Ω} (m n : ) :
theorem Exchangeability.DeFinetti.ViaL2.cesaro_to_condexp_L2 {Ω : Type u_1} [MeasurableSpace Ω] {μ : MeasureTheory.Measure Ω} [MeasureTheory.IsProbabilityMeasure μ] {X : Ω} (hX_contract : Contractable μ X) (hX_meas : ∀ (i : ), Measurable (X i)) (f : ) (hf_meas : Measurable f) (hf_bdd : ∀ (x : ), |f x| 1) :
∃ (α_f : Ω), MeasureTheory.MemLp α_f 2 μ MeasureTheory.AEStronglyMeasurable α_f μ Filter.Tendsto (fun (n : ) => MeasureTheory.eLpNorm (blockAvg f X 0 n - α_f) 2 μ) Filter.atTop (nhds 0) α_f =ᵐ[μ] μ[f X 0 | Tail.tailProcess X]

Cesàro averages converge in L² to a tail-measurable limit.

This is the elementary L² route to de Finetti (Kallenberg's "second proof"):

  1. L² contractability bound → Cesàro averages are Cauchy in L²
  2. Completeness of L² → limit α_f exists
  3. Block averages A_{N,n} are σ(X_{>N})-measurable → α_f is tail-measurable
  4. Tail measurability + L² limit → α_f = E[f(X_1) | tail σ-algebra]

No Mean Ergodic Theorem, no martingales - just elementary L² space theory!