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Stopping times are hitting times: a natural representation

Probability 2015-01-30 v4

Abstract

There exists a simple, didactically useful one-to-one relationship between stopping times and adapted c\`agl\`ad (LCRL) processes that are non-increasing and take the values 0 and 1 only. As a consequence, stopping times are always hitting times.

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@article{arxiv.1112.1603,
  title  = {Stopping times are hitting times: a natural representation},
  author = {Tom Fischer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1112.1603},
  year   = {2015}
}