Why Gt+1 = v(St+1) in Bellman Equation for MRPs?
In <Lecture 2: Markov Decision Processes> by David Silver on page 19, it has the following Derived formula:
I found 
is equal to 
which means Gt+1 = v(St+1) so Gt = v(St).
According to Return Defination:
and according to Gt = v(St):
v(St) = Gt = 
But the defination of Value Function is
which means
v(s) = 
= 
which is absolutly wrong.
My question are:
- Why Gt+1 = v(St+1)?
- Where are my derivation mistakes?
First big error is a claim that E[a + b] = E[a + c] imples b=c, this is not how expectations work. In particular E[a + b] = E[a] + E[b], and E[a + c] = E[a] + E[c] thus we have E[b] = E[c] (and not b=c!) so G_{t+1} is not equal to v(S_{t+1}), but E[G_{t+1}] = v(S_{t+1}) (which comes from the definition).
In general equality of funtion value does not make arguments equal. Same way f(x + a) = f(x + b) does not imply a=b for say f(x) = x^2 as it would also hold for x=0, a=-1, b=1.
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