How to prove convergence for the following?

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Let $X_m$ be distributed as follows: $$\mathbb P(X_m=\pm m)=\frac{1}{2m^\beta}, \mathbb P(X_m=0)=\frac{m^\beta-1}{m^\beta}.$$ Let be $S_n=\sum_{m=1}^{n}X_m$, then

I. If $\beta>1$, then $\exists S_\infty$ s.t. $S_n\to S_\infty$ almost surely;

II. If $\beta<1$, then $$\frac{S_n}{c*n^{(3-\beta)/2}}\implies \mathscr N(0,1);$$

III. If $\beta=1$, then $$\mathbb E\left(e^{itS_n/n}\right)\to exp\left(-\int_{0}^{1}\frac{1-cos(ts)}{s}ds\right).$$

I started with calculating the characteristic function of $S_n$: $$\mathbb E\left(e^{itS_n}\right)=\prod_{m=1}^{n}\mathbb E\left(e^{itX_m}\right)=\prod_{m=1}^{n}\frac{1}{m^\beta}\left(\frac{e^{itm}+e^{-itm}}{2}+m^\beta-1\right)=\prod_{m=1}^{n}\frac{cos(tm)+m^\beta-1}{m^\beta}$$

My thought process is that if the limit of the characteristic functions is calculated, then it should converge to:

  • a constant if $\beta>1$, and it would imply almost sure convergence;

  • characteristic function of a normal distribution if $\beta<1$

  • the given integral if $\beta=1$.

My problem is that I cannot determine the limit of that product. Could you help me with that?