Let (Ω,F,P) be a probability space and let A=(Ai:i=1,2,…) be a sequence of events.
(a) What is meant by saying that A is a family of independent events?
(b) Define the events {An infinitely often } and {An eventually }. State and prove the two Borel-Cantelli lemmas for A.
(c) Let X1,X2,… be the outcomes of a sequence of independent flips of a fair coin,
P(Xi=0)=P(Xi=1)=21 for i⩾1
Let Ln be the length of the run beginning at the nth flip. For example, if the first fourteen outcomes are 01110010000110 , then L1=1,L2=3,L3=2, etc.
Show that
P(n→∞limsuplog2nLn>1)=0
and furthermore that
P(n→∞limsuplog2nLn=1)=1