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Is the following a martingale?

Let $X_{n}$ be a martingale with respect to a filtration $\mathbb{P}_{n}$. Define: $Y_{n}$ := $X_{n}^{3}$ Is $Y_{n}$ a martingale? Supermartingale?
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Doob Decomposition of American Option

I am trying to figure out the Doob decomposition of an American put option in a discrete time binomial model. I know how to price the American put, but I'm having trouble expressing it as the sum of ...
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Compactness of the set of densities of equivalent martingale measures

Consider an incomplete market $(\Omega,\mathcal F,\mathbb P)$ driven by a semimartingale $S=(S_t)_{t\in[0,T]}$. Under the no free lunch under vanishing risk (NFLVR) assumption, the set $\mathcal ...
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brownian motion-proof of Martingale

Can anyone help me with the following problem? Let $W(t), t\geq 0$ be a Brownian motion with filtration:$F(t)$. Let $0\leq s\leq t$. 1- Show that $E\left [ W^{3}(t)\mid F(s) \right ...