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A Weak Law of Large Numbers for Dependent Random Variables

Probability 2022-04-25 v1

Abstract

Every sequence f1,f2,f_1, f_2, \cdots \, of random variables with limM(MsupkNP(fk>M))=0 \, \lim_{M \to \infty} \big( M \sup_{k \in \mathbb{N}} \mathbb{P} ( |f_k| > M ) \big)=0\, contains a subsequence fk1,fk2, f_{k_1}, f_{k_2} , \cdots \, that satisfies, along with all its subsequences, the weak law of large numbers: limN((1/N)n=1NfknDN)=0, \, \lim_{N \to \infty} \big( (1/N) \sum_{n=1}^N f_{k_n} - D_N \big) =0\,, in probability. Here DN\, D_N\, is a "corrector" random variable with values in [N,N][-N,N], for each NNN \in \mathbb{N} ; these correctors are all equal to zero if, in addition, lim infkE(fk21{fkM})=0\, \liminf_{k \to \infty} \mathbb{E} \big( f_k^2 \, \mathbf{ 1}_{ \{ |f_k| \le M \} } \big) =0\, holds for every M(0,).M \in (0, \infty)\,.

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@article{arxiv.2204.10681,
  title  = {A Weak Law of Large Numbers for Dependent Random Variables},
  author = {Ioannis Karatzas and Walter Schachermayer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.10681},
  year   = {2022}
}