grandes-ecoles 2017 QII.A.3

grandes-ecoles · France · centrale-maths2__mp Discrete Random Variables Existence of Expectation or Moments
Let $X$ be a bounded infinitely divisible random variable defined on a probability space $(\Omega, \mathcal{A}, \mathbb{P})$. We denote $M = \sup_{\Omega} |X|$, so that $|X(\omega)| \leqslant M$ for all $\omega \in \Omega$.
Conclude that $X$ is almost surely constant.
Let $X$ be a bounded infinitely divisible random variable defined on a probability space $(\Omega, \mathcal{A}, \mathbb{P})$. We denote $M = \sup_{\Omega} |X|$, so that $|X(\omega)| \leqslant M$ for all $\omega \in \Omega$.

Conclude that $X$ is almost surely constant.