Sunday, 16 July 2017

convergence divergence - Average of Random variables converges in probability.




Let (Ω,F,P) be probability theory.



Suppose that X1,X2,X3,... be sequence of random variable and E(Xi)=0 for all iN.



Let Yn=X1+X2+...+Xnn.



claim . Yn converges to 0 in probability.



Let An={w:|Yn(w)|>ϵ>0}




An|Yn|dPAnϵdPP(An)ϵ



But |Yn||X1|/n+|X2|/n+...|Xn|/n so P(An)=0.



is it right?


Answer



If you assume the Xi are iid, this is the Weak Law of Large Numbers. Without that assumption (or some slight generalizations of it), the statement is false.


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