Abstract
A natural generalization of the optional sampling theorem for martingales is given. For discrete valued stopping times the result holds for directed sets; for more general stopping times the result holds for lattices satisfying a type of separability condition. The discrete case improves a lemma of Chow. The general case depends upon a lemma showing that all martingales with respect to $\sigma$-algebras satisfying a "right continuity" condition have a modification which has a regularity property that is similar to, but weaker than, right continuity. A result of Wong and Zakai is obtained as a corollary.
Citation
Thomas G. Kurtz. "The Optional Sampling Theorem for Martingales Indexed by Directed Sets." Ann. Probab. 8 (4) 675 - 681, August, 1980. https://doi.org/10.1214/aop/1176994659
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