Theorems on Convergence

Theorem (L1 Convergence   ⟺  \iff Uniformly Integrable)

Let (Xn)n∈N⊂L1(Ω,F,P)(X_{n})_{n\in\mathbb{N}}\subset \mathscr{L}^{1}(\Omega,\mathcal{F},P) and assume Xn→XX_{n}\to X a.s. then Xn→X in L1  ⟺  (Xn)n∈N uniformly integrableX_{n}\to X\text{ in }L^{1}\iff(X_{n})_{n\in\mathbb{N}}\text{ uniformly integrable}i.e. L1 convergence is equivalent to being uniformly integrable.

Proposition (5.2.3)

Almost Sure Convergence implies In Probability Convergence i.e. Xn→X  a.s.  ⟹  Xn→pXX_{n}\to X\,\text{ a.s.}\implies X_{n}\xrightarrow{\text{p}}X

\begin{proof} Fix ϵ>0\epsilon>0 and let Yn=1∣Xn−X∣≥ϵY_{n}=\mathbb{1}_{|X_{n}-X|\ge \epsilon}. Note that ∣Yn∣≤1|Y_{n}|\le 1 and lim⁡n→∞Yn=0\lim_{ n \to \infty }Y_{n}=0 a.s. (or E[lim⁡n→∞Yn]=0\mathbb{E}[\lim_{ n \to \infty }Y_{n}]=0). Then, by Bounded Convergence Theorem E[Yn]→0\mathbb{E}[Y_{n}]\to0 or equivalently P(∣Xn−X∣≥ϵ)→0\mathbb{P}(|X_{n}-X|\ge\epsilon)\to0. \end{proof}

Proposition (in probability   ⟹  \implies a.s.)

If Xn→XX_{n}\to X in probability, then there is a subsequence nkn_{k} such that Xnk→X a.s.X_{n_{k}}\to X\,\text{a.s.}

\begin{proof} P(∣Xn−X∣≥ϵ)→0  ⟹  ∃Xnk:P(∣Xnk−X∣≥1k)≤1k2\mathbb{P}(|X_{n}-X|\ge \epsilon)\to0\implies \exists X_{n_{k}}:\mathbb{P}\left( |X_{n_{k}}-X|\ge \frac{1}{k} \right)\le \frac{1}{k^{2}} We have that ∑1k2<∞\sum \frac{1}{k^{2}}<\infty, so by Borel-Cantelli Lemma P({∣Xnk−X∣≥1k i.o.})=0.\mathbb{P}\left( \left\{ |X_{n_{k}}-X|\ge \frac{1}{k}\text{ i.o.} \right\} \right)=0.So, ∣Xnk−X∣<1k|X_{n_{k}}-X|< \frac{1}{k} for sufficiently large kk happens a.s. thus Xnk→a.s.X.X_{n_{k}}\xrightarrow{a.s.} X. \end{proof}

Proposition (Lp  ⟹  L^{p}\implies in probability)

Convergence in Expectation implies In Probability Convergence i.e. Xn→LpX  ⟹  Xn→pXX_{n}\xrightarrow{L^{p}}X\implies X_{n}\xrightarrow{p}X

\begin{proof} P(∣Xn−X∣≥ϵ)=P(∣Xn−X∣p≥ϵp)≤E[∣Xn−X∣p]ϵp→0\mathbb{P}(|X_{n}-X|\ge \epsilon)=\mathbb{P}(|X_{n}-X|^{p}\ge \epsilon^{p})\le \frac{\mathbb{E}[|X_{n}-X|^{p}]}{\epsilon^{p}}\to0where the final convergence is since Xn→LpX.X_{n}\xrightarrow{L^{p}}X. \end{proof}

Proposition (in probability   ⟹  Lp\implies L^{p})

If Xn→XX_{n}\to X in probability and ∣Xn∣≤Y,∀n∈N|X_{n}|\le Y,\forall n\in\mathbb{N}, for some Y∈LpY\in L^{p}, then X∈LpX \in L^{p} and Xn→LpXX_{n}\xrightarrow{L^{p}}X

>[!lemma] >If Z∈L1Z\in \mathscr{L}^{1} and P(An)→0\mathbb{P}(A_{n})\to0 then E[Z⋅1An]=∫AnZ dP→0\mathbb{E}[Z\cdot \mathbb{1}_{A_{n}}]=\int\limits _{A_{n}}Z \, d\mathbb{P}\to0
\begin{proof} Step 1: X∈LpX\in \mathscr{L}^{p}. Why? Well, we have that Xnk→a.s.XX_{n_{k}}\xrightarrow{a.s.}X for a subsequence nkn_{k} by and since ∣Xnk∣≤Y|X_{n_{k}}|\le Y this means ∣X∣≤Y|X|\le Y a.s..
Step 2: Xn→LpXX_{n}\xrightarrow{L^{p}}X. For arbitrary ϵ>0\epsilon>0, E[∣Xn−X∣p]=E[∣Xn−X∣p⋅1{∣Xn−X∣<ϵ}]+E[∣Xn−X∣p⋅1{∣Xn−X∣≥ϵ}]≤ϵp+E[(2Y)p⋅1{∣Xn−X∣≥ϵ}]by lemma above→ϵp≡0 (since ϵ arbitrary)\begin{align*} \mathbb{E}[|X_{n}-X|^{p}]&=\mathbb{E}[|X_{n}-X|^{p}\cdot \mathbb{1}_{\{ |X_{n}-X|<\epsilon \}}]+\mathbb{E}[|X_{n}-X|^{p}\cdot \mathbb{1}_{\{ |X_{n}-X|\ge\epsilon \}}]\\ &\le \epsilon^{p}+\mathbb{E}[(2Y)^{p}\cdot \mathbb{1}_{\{ |X_{n}-X|\ge \epsilon \}}]&\text{by lemma above}\\ &\to \epsilon^{p}\equiv0&\text{ (since }\epsilon \text{ arbitrary)} \end{align*} \end{proof}

Proposition (in probability   ⟹  \implies in distribution)

If Xn→XX_{n}\to X in probability then Xn→XX_{n}\to X in distribution.

\begin{proof} By Portmanteau for Random Variables: Xn→pX  ⟹  P(∣Xn−X∣≥δ)=0,∀δ>0Xn→dX  ⟹  E[ψ(Xn)]→E[ψ(X)],∀ψ∈Cc2(R)\begin{gather*} X_{n}\xrightarrow{p}X\implies \mathbb{P}(\left| X_{n}-X \right| \ge\delta)=0,\quad\forall\delta>0\\ X_{n}\xrightarrow{d}X\implies \mathbb{E}[\psi(X_{n})]\to \mathbb{E}[\psi(X)],\quad\forall\psi \in C_{c}^{2}(\mathbb{R}) \end{gather*} Note, for any
∀ψ∈Cc2(R),∀ϵ>0,∃δ>0:∣X−Y∣≤δ  ⟹  ψ(X)−ψ(Y)<ϵ\forall\psi \in C_{c}^{2}(\mathbb{R}),\forall\epsilon>0,\exists\delta>0:|X-Y|\le\delta\implies\psi(X)-\psi(Y)<\epsilon
which holds by Compactness.
Thus, if M=sup⁡x∣ψ(x)∣M=\sup_{x}|\psi(x)|, fix and arbitrary ϵ>0\epsilon>0 such that
∣E[ψ(Xn)]−E[ψ(X)]∣≤E[∣ψ(Xn)−ψ(X)∣]triangle inequality=E[∣ψ(Xn)−ψ(X)∣⋅1∣Xn−X∣≤δ]+E[∣ψ(Xn)−ψ(X)∣⋅1∣Xn−X∣>δ]≤ϵ+2M⋅P(∣Xn−X∣>δ)→ϵ \begin{align*} \left| \mathbb{E}[\psi(X_{n})]-\mathbb{E}[\psi(X)] \right| &\le \mathbb{E}[\left| \psi(X_{n})-\psi(X) \right| ]&\text{triangle inequality}\\ &= \mathbb{E}[\left| \psi(X_{n})-\psi(X) \right| \cdot \mathbb{1}_{|X_{n}-X|\le\delta}]\\ &\quad\quad\quad\quad +\mathbb{E}[\left| \psi(X_{n})-\psi(X) \right| \cdot \mathbb{1}_{|X_{n}-X|>\delta}]\\ &\le \epsilon+2M\cdot \mathbb{P}(|X_{n}-X|>\delta)\\ &\to\epsilon \end{align*} \end{proof}

So, we have the following picture:

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X_n\xrightarrow{L^p}X \arrow[rd, Rightarrow]\\
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X_n\xrightarrow{\text{a.s.}}X \arrow[ru,Rightarrow]
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