Exercise 7.7.29 Resnick's Book.

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$\mathbf{7.7.29}$

Suppose $\{X_n, n > 1\}$ is iid with common distribution described as follows. Define

$$ p_k =\displaystyle{\frac{1}{2^kk(k+1)}}, \hspace{.5cm} k \geq 1, $$

and $p_0 = 1 - \displaystyle{\sum_{i = 1}^\infty} p_k$. Suppose

$$ P[X_n = 2^k-1] = p_k, \hspace{.5cm} k \geq 1 $$

and $P[X_n = -1] = p_0$· Observe that

$$ \displaystyle{\sum_{i = 1}^\infty} 2^kp_k = \displaystyle{\sum_{i = 1}^\infty} \bigg( \frac{1}{k}-\frac{1}{k+1} \bigg) = 1, $$

and that $E(X_n) = 0$. For $S_n = \displaystyle{\sum_{i = 1}^n}, n > 1$, prove

$$ \displaystyle{\frac{S_n}{n/\log_2 n}} \overset{P}\longrightarrow -1 $$