The weak law needs only uncorrelatedness
ProofBeginner⏱ 15 minProbabilityllnchebyshevuncorrelated
Problem
Prove that if are uncorrelated with common mean and variance at most , then , with the explicit bound . Then give an example of uncorrelated but dependent variables to show the hypothesis is genuinely weaker than independence.
Write a complete argument. Every inequality you use should be one you could state precisely.
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Solution
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