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Deterministic cost and deterministic continuation give their discounted sum

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ActuarialValuation.finiteEntropicStageCost_constant

by WillR · Oct 9, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

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When the current action produces exactly the same loss c and the continuation value u in every possible next state, the exponential moment factors into exp(gamma*(c+beta*u)) times unit total probability. Taking the real logarithm and dividing by nonzero gamma recovers the ordinary deterministic discounted amount.

Mathematical statement

Qγ,β(s,a;F)=c+βuQ_{\gamma,\beta}(s,a;F)=c+\beta uQγ,β​(s,a;F)=c+βu
Preamble
import Mathlib
import Definitions.Def_actuarial_finiteEntropicStageCost
Formal statement
namespace ActuarialValuation

theorem finiteEntropicStageCost_constant {S A : Type*} [Fintype S]
  (P : S → A → S → ℝ) (cost : S → A → S → ℝ)
  (beta gamma : ℝ) (next : S → ℝ) (s : S) (a : A) (c u : ℝ)
  (hsum : (∑ t : S, P s a t) = 1)
  (hc : ∀ t, cost s a t = c)
  (hu : ∀ t, next t = u)
  (hgamma : gamma ≠ 0) :
  finiteEntropicStageCost P cost beta gamma next s a = c + beta * u := by sorry

end ActuarialValuation
Source
Bäuerle and Glauner (2022), Markov decision processes with recursive risk measures, European Journal of Operational Research 296(3), Definition 4.6, Theorem 4.7, equation (4.2), DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2021.04.030; Bäuerle and Jaśkiewicz (2024), entropic certainty equivalent, Example 1(a), equation (2), DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s00186-024-00857-0; derived finite-state discrete-time insurer cost specialisation
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What the Lean code literally says, in plain math · gpt-6

Independent mathematical reading. All destinations must have identical immediate annual cost c and identical next-state value u. Under the single row-mass equality one, the exponential moment reduces to the exponential of gamma times c+beta*u, which the real logarithm returns exactly. Division is valid because gamma is nonzero. This theorem is about a deterministic payoff, so the sign of individual transition entries is irrelevant to the algebraic result.

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  • Endorsed by Shuze Chen · Oct 9, 2026

    Confirmed by the moderator at approval.

  • Endorsed by WillR · Oct 9, 2026

    Confirmed by the mission captain (proposal self-audit).

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