Generalized Doob martingale property?

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Let $X$ be a random variable and $\mathcal H$ be a $\sigma$-algebra.

The Doob martingale property says $E(X \mid E(X \mid \mathcal{H}))=E(X \mid \mathcal{H})$ (proved by using the tower property).

Now suppose that we have two $\sigma$-algebras $\mathcal H_1$, $\mathcal H_2$.

Can we say something about

$$E(X \mid E(X \mid \mathcal{H_1}), E(X \mid \mathcal{H_2}))$$

My intuition: the Doob martingale property says that the best approximation of $X$ knowing the approximation $E(X \mid \mathcal{H})$ is $E(X \mid \mathcal{H})$. That would mean that $E(X \mid E(X \mid \mathcal{H_1}), E(X \mid \mathcal{H_2})) = E(X \mid \mathcal{H_2})$ if $\mathcal H_1 \subseteq \mathcal H_2$ since $E(X \mid \mathcal{H_2})$ contains more information about $X$. What do you think?