Kolmogorov's Truncation Lemma (ii)

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Probability with Martingales:


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How exactly do we have the part in the $\color{red}{\text{red}}$ box?

What I tried:

$$E\left[ \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} 1_{|X| > n} \right]$$

$$ = E\left[ \sum_{n=1}^{\lfloor|X|\rfloor - 1} 1_{|X| > n} + \sum_{n=\lfloor|X|\rfloor}^{\infty} 1_{\lfloor|X|\rfloor > n} \right]$$

$$ = E\left[ \sum_{n=1}^{\lfloor|X|\rfloor - 1} 1_{\Omega} + \sum_{n=\lfloor|X|\rfloor}^{\infty} 1_{\emptyset} \right]$$

$$ = E\left[ \sum_{n=1}^{\lfloor|X|\rfloor - 1} 1 + \sum_{n=\lfloor|X|\rfloor}^{\infty} 0 \right]$$

$$ = E\left[ \sum_{n=1}^{\lfloor|X|\rfloor - 1} 1 \right]$$

$$ = E\left[ \sum_{n=\color{blue}{1}}^{\color{red}{\lfloor|X|\rfloor - 1}} \color{green}{1} \right]$$

$$ = E\left[ (\color{red}{\lfloor|X|\rfloor - 1} - \color{blue}{1} + 1) (\color{green}{1}) \right]$$

$$ = E\left[ (\color{red}{\lfloor|X|\rfloor - 1}) (\color{green}{1}) \right]$$

$$ = E\left[ \color{red}{\lfloor|X|\rfloor - 1} \right]$$

$$ = E\left[ \lfloor|X|\rfloor - 1 \right]$$

$$ \le E\left[ |X| \right]$$

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$$E\left[ \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} 1_{|X| > n} \right]$$

$$ = E\left[ \sum_{n=1}^{\lfloor|X|\rfloor - 1} 1_{|X| > n} + \sum_{n=\lfloor|X|\rfloor}^{\infty} 1_{\lfloor|X|\rfloor > n} \right]$$

$$ = E\left[ \sum_{n=1}^{\lfloor|X|\rfloor - 1} 1_{\Omega} + \sum_{n=\lfloor|X|\rfloor}^{\infty} 1_{\emptyset} \right]$$

$$ = E\left[ \sum_{n=1}^{\lfloor|X|\rfloor - 1} 1 + \sum_{n=\lfloor|X|\rfloor}^{\infty} 0 \right]$$

$$ = E\left[ \sum_{n=1}^{\lfloor|X|\rfloor - 1} 1 \right]$$

$$ = E\left[ \sum_{n=\color{blue}{1}}^{\color{red}{\lfloor|X|\rfloor - 1}} \color{green}{1} \right]$$

$$ = E\left[ (\color{red}{\lfloor|X|\rfloor - 1} - \color{blue}{1} + 1) (\color{green}{1}) \right]$$

$$ = E\left[ (\color{red}{\lfloor|X|\rfloor - 1}) (\color{green}{1}) \right]$$

$$ = E\left[ \color{red}{\lfloor|X|\rfloor - 1} \right]$$

$$ = E\left[ \lfloor|X|\rfloor - 1 \right]$$

$$ \le E\left[ |X| \right]$$