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Course in Probability Theory

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8 .5 CONTINUATION 1 299(necessarily belong<strong>in</strong>g to N,,O ) that M n is atta<strong>in</strong>ed :(1) Vn ENO : L,(co) = m<strong>in</strong>{k E N° : Sk(w) = M n ((0)} ;note that Lo = 0 .We shall also use the abbreviation(2)a = a(O,00),8 = a(-00,0]as <strong>in</strong> Theorems 8 .4.6 and 8 .4 .7 .For each n consider the special permutation below :(3) pn_ l, 2, nn n-1 ,1)'which amounts to a "reversal" of the ordered set of <strong>in</strong>dices <strong>in</strong> N n . Recall<strong>in</strong>gthat 8 ° p n is the r .v . whose value at w is 6(p n w), and Sk ° pn = Sn - Sn-kfor 1 < k < n, we have{~ ° pn > n } =nn{Sk ° pn > 0}k=1It follows from (8) of Sec . 8 .1 that(4) e'tsn d 7 =n n-1= n {Sn > Sn-k) = n {Sn > Sk } _ {L n = n} .k=1 k=0e` t(s n ° Pn ) dJi = f e'tsn dg') .4>n} f{~ ° p, >n} {Ln=n}Apply<strong>in</strong>g (5) and (12) of Sec . 8 .4 to fi and substitut<strong>in</strong>g (4), we obta<strong>in</strong>(5)00 00`Y ,1rn e'tsn d ;? = exp+L_ e'tsn d9' ;n =o {L,=n} n=1 n {Sn>0}apply<strong>in</strong>g (5) and (12) of Sec . 8 .4 to{a > n } = {L,, = 0}, we obta<strong>in</strong>a and substitut<strong>in</strong>g the obvious relation(6)00 00• rnfe' ts n d :%T = exp +>-n=0 {L,=O}r'l e't.Sn ,~dJn{sn

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