I am confused with a definition in Shreve's Stochastic Caclulus for Finance 2 book.
In page 129, Theorem 4.2.2, the Ito isometry theorem. It states that The Ito integral defined before satisfies $$\mathbb E I^2(t)=\mathbb E\int_0^t \Delta^2(u)du $$
I just can not find the definition of $u$. It looks to me it come out from nowhere...Could anybody just explain to me how $\Delta^2(u)$, $u$, and $du$ be defined here? And possibly tell me where can I find it in the book?
PS: I noticed that in Page 96 it uses letter $u$, but still...no explanation and I am not sure they are the same $u$.
Thank you!
As Brenton stated in the comments, the $u$ could be pretty much anything, because it goes away after you apply the bounds on the definite integral.
Perhaps a bit clearer would have been to designate it $t'$ instead of $u$:
$$\mathbb E I^2(t)=\mathbb E\int_0^t \Delta^2(t') dt'.$$
This makes it more semantically clear that you're integrating over time.