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Nonnegative claim weights yield a nonnegative strict tail

Proved
ActuarialValuation.tailRiskStrictMass_nonneg

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

actuarial-scienceaggregate-claimsformal-verification

Every included tail coefficient is nonnegative, and all coefficients at losses no larger than q are replaced by zero. The finite strict-tail mass therefore cannot be negative.

Mathematical statement

ws≥0⇒TB(q)≥0w_s\ge0\Rightarrow T_B(q)\ge0ws​≥0⇒TB​(q)≥0
Preamble
import Mathlib
import Definitions.Def_actuarial_tailRiskStrictMass
Formal statement
namespace ActuarialValuation

theorem tailRiskStrictMass_nonneg
  (w : ℕ → ℝ) (bound q : ℕ)
  (hw : ∀ s, 0 ≤ w s) :
  0 ≤ tailRiskStrictMass w bound q := by sorry

end ActuarialValuation
Source
S David Promislow (2015), Fundamentals of Actuarial Mathematics (3rd ed), sec 22.5.3 Definition 22.5 and eq (22.9), library PDF pages 439-442; finite discrete stop-loss representation and VaR atom allocation
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What the Lean code literally says, in plain math · gpt-6

Independent mathematical reading. All individual claim coefficients are assumed nonnegative, and the strict-tail indicator either selects a coefficient or supplies zero. Hence each finite summand is nonnegative and the entire tail sum cannot be negative. The lemma does not require total probability one.

Human review
  • 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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