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Theory and applications of probability and stochastic processes: e.g. central limit theorems, large deviations, stochastic differential equations, models from statistical mechanics, queuing theory.

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Uniformization/measurable selection theorems

Let $X,Y$ be measurable spaces and $F\subseteq X\times Y$. We say that $f:X\to Y$ is a uniformization map for $F$ if $(x,f(x))\in F$ for each $x\in \pi_X(F)$ where $\pi_X$ is the left projection map. …
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Convex hulls of families of probability measures

Let $X$ be a standard Borel space, so that the space of Borel probability measures on $X$ is also a standard Borel space. We denote it by $\mathcal P(X)$. In this paper for any family of probability m …
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Symmetries of probability distributions

When talking about a single random variable, knowing only its distribution, the construction of a probability space is quite easy. Namely, let $(X,\mathscr A)$ be a measurable space and let $\mathsf Q …
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Convex representation of a measure

Let $\mathcal P(X)$ denote the space of all probability measure defined on a measurable space $X$. We canonically endow the former with its own measurability structure, generated by evaluation maps. L …
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Topological conditions of Kolmogorov Extension Theorem

KET is often used to construct stochastic processes in continuous time when the state space is $\Bbb R^d$. As far as I am familiar with its proof, it uses standard monotonic class-like arguments toget …
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Change of time or change of measure

Consider simple diffusion $dX_t = \sigma dw_t$ and a parameter $a>0$ and $X_0=x$. Let us denote $Y_t = X_{at}$ - thus we made a change of time. Let us denote an original measure as $P$. How to find me …
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Extreme couplings

Let $X,Y$ be Polish spaces, and $\mu$ and $\nu$ are probability measures on $X$ and $Y$ respectively. We say that $M$ is a coupling of $\mu$ and $\nu$ if it is a probability measure on $X\times Y$, wi …
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Is there an easy way to convert a non-deterministic optimal policy to a deterministic optima...

My guess is you are talking about finite MDPs. There deterministic strategies are optimal, and any deterministic optimal strategy satisfies $$ \phi(x) \in \operatorname{Argmax}_{a\in A(x)} Q^*(x,a). …
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Measurable $\epsilon$-optimal selection with an analytically measurable stochastic kernel

Some thoughts. It does not seem likely that you can achieve existence for non-analytic $\eta$, hence I'd suggest trying to show that it is - or finding a counterexample. Let's say $c = 0$ and $u = 1_B …
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Bounds on Wasserstein (Kantorovich) distance

Let $X$ be a Polish space endowed with a bounded metric $\rho_X$. Let $\mu, \mu'$ be two probability measures, and $\kappa, \kappa'$ be two stochastic kernels on $X$. Assume that $\kappa, \kappa'$ are …
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Stochastic equation

Let $X,Y$ be Polish spaces and $\kappa:X\times \mathcal B(Y)\to[0,1]$ be a Borel-measurable stochastic kernel on $Y$ given $X$. Under which conditions for a probability measure $\nu$ on $Y$ there exis …
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Existence of an universally measurable pullback

Let $X,Y$ and $Z$ be standard Borel spaces: topological spaces homeomorphic to Borel subsets of complete separable metric spaces. Let $K\subseteq X\times Y$ be analytic. Assume that $K_x$ is not emp …
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Stronger version of linearity for functions of measures

Let $X$ be a standard Borel space, and $P(X)$ be space of Borel probability measures on $X$. It is also a standard Borel space if endowed with the topology of weak convergence, so we can integrate ove …
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Quotients of standard Borel spaces

Let $X$ and $Y$ be standard Borel spaces: topological spaces homeomorphic to Borel subsets of complete metric spaces. Given a surjective Borel map $f:X\to Y$, we get an equivalence relation $\sim_f\su …
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Inverse of a Borel surjection

Let $X$ and $Y$ be standard Borel spaces, and let $f:X\to Y$ be a surjective Borel map. Does there exist a Borel inverse of $f$, that is a Borel map $g:Y\to X$ such that $f\circ g = \mathrm{id}_Y$. I …

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