Published February 2020 | Version public
Journal Article

An Abstract Law of Large Numbers

  • 1. ROR icon Northwestern University
  • 2. ROR icon California Institute of Technology

Abstract

We study independent random variables (Z_i)_(i∈I) aggregated by integrating with respect to a nonatomic and finitely additive probability ν over the index set I. We analyze the behavior of the resulting random average ∫_IZ_idν(i). We establish that any ν that guarantees the measurability of ∫_IZ_idν(i) satisfies the following law of large numbers: for any collection (Zi)_(i∈I) of uniformly bounded and independent random variables, almost surely the realized average ∫_IZ_idν(i) equals the average expectation ∫_IE[Z_i]dν(i).

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© 2019 Indian Statistical Institute. Paper received: 25 February 2018; First Online: 17 January 2019.

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Eprint ID
94480
DOI
10.1007/s13171-018-00162-z
Resolver ID
CaltechAUTHORS:20190404-160929922

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2019-04-04
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