Stochastic equivalence
2020 Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 60Gxx Secondary: 60Axx [MSN][ZBL]
The equivalence relation between random variables that differ only on a set of probability zero. More precisely, two random variables and
, defined on a common probability space
, are called stochastically equivalent if
. In most problems of probability theory one deals with classes of equivalent random variables, rather than with the random variables themselves.
Two stochastic processes and
,
, defined on a common probability space are called stochastically equivalent if for any
stochastic equivalence holds between the corresponding random variables:
. With regard to stochastic processes
and
with coinciding finite-dimensional distributions, the term "stochastic equivalence" is sometimes used in the broad sense.
Comments
The members of a stochastic equivalence class (of random variables or stochastic processes) are sometimes referred to as versions (of each other or of the equivalence class). A version of a random variable or stochastic process is also called a modification.
References
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