Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2017 iii Paper 201 4 a Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-05
Write . The maximum of nonnegative numbers to the power is bounded by their sum, so the increment hypothesis givesTherefore . The Minkowski inequality and completeness of imply convergence of the defining series wheneverFor a fully explicit argument, the norm of every tail is at most , which tends to zero. Since the summands are nonnegative, their pointwise increasing sum equals this finite limit and is finite almost surely. This is a guaranteed range; no endpoint convergence follows from the displayed summability estimate. The assumptions control increments only and do not require .