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Past exam of the Probability, statistics and options II course of the University of Oxford 2011 D D3 b ii Solution by
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Use the nonnegative parts and , so . The zero-mean assumption gives . On the -th period, each of the positive and negative weighted integrals lies between and . Their difference therefore satisfies the stronger estimateThe sum of the absolute values of these block integrals converges, proving the existence of the finite limit of the integrals from to .
For genuine Lebesgue integrability we instead need the integral of the absolute value. Periodicity givesIf , summation diverges by the harmonic series. If , then almost everywhere and the function is integrable. ThusThe finite signed block limit therefore need not be a Lebesgue integral.
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