Solution

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Pointwise, an integer-valued nonnegative random variable has the representation
when , exactly the terms equal one. Applying the Tonelli theorem, or the monotone convergence theorem to the finite sums of indicator random variables, gives the tail-sum formula for expectation
Both sides may be infinite; no integrability assumption is necessary.

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