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On compactness and optimality of stopping times

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  • Banach Lattice
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  • Continuous Convex Function

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Edgar, G.A., Millet, A., Sucheston, L. (1982). On compactness and optimality of stopping times. In: Chao, JA., Woyczyński, W.A. (eds) Martingale Theory in Harmonic Analysis and Banach Spaces. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 939. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0096258

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