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for a real-valued stochastic process ,

2020 Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 60Jxx [MSN][ZBL]

The property that for any set of times from and any Borel set ,

(*)

with probability 1, that is, the conditional probability distribution of given coincides (almost certainly) with the conditional distribution of given . This can be interpreted as independence of the "future" and the "past" given the fixed "present" . Stochastic processes satisfying the property (*) are called Markov processes (cf. Markov process). The Markov property has (under certain additional assumptions) a stronger version, known as the "strong Markov property" . In discrete time the strong Markov property, which is always true for (Markov) sequences satisfying (*), means that for each stopping time (relative to the family of -algebras , ), with probability one

References

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Markov property. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Markov_property&oldid=23628
This article was adapted from an original article by A.N. Shiryaev (originator), which appeared in Encyclopedia of Mathematics - ISBN 1402006098. See original article