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On the Borel-Cantelli Lemma and its Generalization

Probability 2009-10-02 v1

Abstract

Let {An}n=1\{A_n\}_{n=1}^{\infty} be a sequence of events on a probability space (Ω,F,P)(\Omega,\mathcal{F},\mathbf{P}). We show that if limmn=1mwnP(An)=\lim_{m\to\infty}\sum_{n=1}^{m}w_n\mathbf{P}(A_n)=\infty where each wnRw_n\in\mathbb{R}, then P(lim supAn)lim supn(k=1nwkP(Ak))2i=1nj=1nwiwjP(AiAj).{\mathbf{P}}(\limsup A_n)\geq\limsup_{n\to\infty} \frac{\displaystyle\big(\sum_{k=1}^n{w_k\mathbf{P}}(A_k)\big)^2}{\displaystyle\sum_{i=1}^n\sum_{j=1}^nw_iw_j{\mathbf{P}}(A_i\cap A_j)}.

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@article{arxiv.0910.0067,
  title  = {On the Borel-Cantelli Lemma and its Generalization},
  author = {Chunrong Feng and Liangpan Li and Jian Shen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0910.0067},
  year   = {2009}
}

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