Almost sure convergence of weighted sums of random elements in Banach spaces

  • W. J. Padgett
  • R. L. Taylor
Conference paper
Part of the Lecture Notes in Mathematics book series (LNM, volume 526)

Abstract

Let {Vk∶k≥1} be a sequence of random elements in a real separable normed linear space X, and let {ank∶n≥1, k≥1} be an array of real numbers. Several theorems are given which provide conditions for the convergence with probability one of \(s_n = \sum\nolimits_{k = 1}^n {a_{nk} V_k } \)to the zero element of X. One result states that if X is B-convex and if the random elements are independent with expected values zero and uniformly bounded rth moments for some r>1, then, under a given set of conditions on {ank}, Sn→0 in X with probability one.

Keywords

Banach Space Independent Random Variable Random Element Zero Element Normed Linear Space 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • W. J. Padgett
    • 1
  • R. L. Taylor
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of Mathematics and Computer ScienceUniversity of South Carolina

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