Solution

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Suppose the events are mutually independent events. Then is independent of , first by factorization against finite intersections of previous events and then by part (a). Therefore
If , the sum in part (ii) is infinite almost surely, and consequently
This is the Second Borel-Cantelli lemma. In fact part (ii) also yields probability zero in the convergent case for these independent events.

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