If T : Ω → ℕ, viewed as a WithTop ℕ-valued process, is a stopping time with
respect to a filtration f, then T is measurable (with respect to the ambient
σ-algebra).
For a measurable T : Ω → ℕ, the layer-cake identity in ℝ≥0∞:
∑'_i μ {T > i} = ∫⁻ T dμ.
Real-valued layer-cake identity: if T : Ω → ℕ is measurable and integrable,
then E T = ∑'_n P(T > n).
If the σ-algebra generated by g : Ω → ℝ is independent of a σ-algebra m',
and A is m'-measurable, then g is independent of the indicator 1_A (as
real-valued random variables).
Factorisation lemma underlying Wald's equation: for a stopping time T and i.i.d.
sequence X with each X k independent of the filtration at time k,
E[X_n · 1_{T > n}] = E[X_n] · P(T > n).
Per-term bound for Wald's series: the truncated L¹ norm of X n over {T > n}
is at most E|X_0| · P(T > n).
Summability of the truncated L¹ norms used to justify the interchange of sum
and integral in Wald's equation: under the i.i.d./independence hypotheses and
E T < ∞, the series ∑'_n ∫ |X_n · 1_{T > n}| dμ is finite.
The truncated summand ω ↦ X_n(ω) · 1_{T(ω) > n} is AEStronglyMeasurable,
provided X_n is and T is measurable.
Wald's equation. Let X_i be i.i.d. integrable real random variables and
T a stopping time with E T < ∞, with each X_k independent of the filtration
at time k. Then E[S_T] = E[X_1] · E[T], where S_T = ∑_{i < T} X_i.