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Universal and complete sets in martingale theory

Logic 2015-12-21 v1 General Topology

Abstract

The Doob convergence theorem implies that the set of divergence of any martingale has measure zero. We prove that, conversely, any G_δσG\_{\delta\sigma} subset of the Cantor space with Lebesgue-measure zero can be represented as the set of divergence of some martingale. In fact, this is effective and uniform. A consequence of this is that the set of everywhere converging martingales is Π1_1{\bf\Pi}^1\_1-complete, in a uniform way. We derive from this some universal and complete sets for the whole projective hierarchy, via a general method. We provide some other complete sets for the classes Π1_1{\bf\Pi}^1\_1 and Σ1_2{\bf\Sigma}^1\_2 in the theory of martingales.

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@article{arxiv.1512.05966,
  title  = {Universal and complete sets in martingale theory},
  author = {Dominique Lecomte and Miroslav Zeleny},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1512.05966},
  year   = {2015}
}
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