cadlag

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noun

A function that is right continuous and has a left limit.

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Meanings

nouncadlag (plural cadlags)

plural cadlags

  1. mathematicsA function that is right continuous and has a left limit.

    In this paper we consider the continuous-time martingale transport on the Skorokhod space of cadlag paths.

    2015, Gaoyue Guo, Xiaolu Tan, Nizar Touzi, “Tightness and duality of martingale transport on the Skorokhod space”, in arXiv

Origin

Initialism, from French "continue à droite, limite à gauche".

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