A variational problem to calculate probabilities

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Auteurs principaux: Reyna-Castañeda, Hugo Guadalupe, Romero, María de los Ángeles Sandoval
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author Reyna-Castañeda, Hugo Guadalupe
Romero, María de los Ángeles Sandoval
author_facet Reyna-Castañeda, Hugo Guadalupe
Romero, María de los Ángeles Sandoval
contents In this paper, we prove the existence and uniqueness of the conditional expectation of an event $A$ given a $σ$-algebra $\mathcal{G}$ as a linear problem in the Lebesgue spaces $L^{p}$ associated with a probability space through the Riesz Representation Theorems. For the $L^{2}$ case, we state the Dirichlet's principle. Then, we extend this principle for specific values of $p$, framing the existence of the conditional expectation as a variational problem. We conclude with a proof of the law of total probability using these tools.
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spellingShingle A variational problem to calculate probabilities
Reyna-Castañeda, Hugo Guadalupe
Romero, María de los Ángeles Sandoval
Probability
Functional Analysis
Optimization and Control
60A05, 60A10, 46E15, 46E20, 49K35, 49J50
In this paper, we prove the existence and uniqueness of the conditional expectation of an event $A$ given a $σ$-algebra $\mathcal{G}$ as a linear problem in the Lebesgue spaces $L^{p}$ associated with a probability space through the Riesz Representation Theorems. For the $L^{2}$ case, we state the Dirichlet's principle. Then, we extend this principle for specific values of $p$, framing the existence of the conditional expectation as a variational problem. We conclude with a proof of the law of total probability using these tools.
title A variational problem to calculate probabilities
topic Probability
Functional Analysis
Optimization and Control
60A05, 60A10, 46E15, 46E20, 49K35, 49J50
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.16727