## On the application of the Borel-Cantelli lemma.(English)Zbl 0046.35203

Let a sequence of events $$E_k$$ be given and define $$\limsup E_k$$ by $$\cap_{n=1}^\infty \cup_{k=n}^\infty E_k$$. The authors state conditions for the probability of lim $$\limsup E_k$$ to be unity. Their assumptions do not include independence of the events (as the Borel-Cantelli lemma does) and they are weaker than Borel’s condition $$\sum P (E_k \mid \bar E_1,...\bar E_{k-1})=\infty$$. The result is applied to independent random variables which take the values $$\pm 1$$ with probabilities $${1 \over 2}$$.
Reviewer: St.Vajda

### MSC:

 60D05 Geometric probability and stochastic geometry

### Keywords:

probability theory
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### References:

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