Let (Ω,F,P) be a probability space and let X,X1,X2,… be random variables. Write an essay in which you discuss the statement: if Xn→X almost everywhere, then E(Xn)→E(X). You should include accounts of monotone, dominated, and bounded convergence, and of Fatou's lemma.
[You may assume without proof the following fact. Let (Ω,F,μ) be a measure space, and let f:Ω→R be non-negative with finite integral μ(f). If (fn:n⩾1) are non-negative measurable functions with fn(ω)↑f(ω) for all ω∈Ω, then μ(fn)→μ(f) as n→∞.]