Conclude almost sure convergence from the expectation

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It is shown that the following martingale \begin{equation} X_n = \prod _{i=1}^n e^{Y_i - \frac{1}{2}} \end{equation} where $Y_i$ has a standard normal distribution, converges almost surely.

To this end, notice that $$ E(|X_n|) = E(X_n) = e^{-n / 2}E(e^{Y_i})^n = 1. $$ so $sup_n E(|X_n|) = 1$ and almost sure convergence follows.

How can we conclude almost sure convergence by noting that $sup_n E(|X_n|) = 1$?