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Stopped-walk martingale with almost sure but not L1 convergence (Mn​=1−Sn∧T1​​)

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For a simple symmetric random walk, the infinite mean first passage of a simple symmetric random walk gives a finite almost sure first passage T1​ to 1. The stopped martingale Mn​=1−Sn∧T1​​ is nonnegative and eventually zero almost surely. Nevertheless EMn​=1 for every n, so it has almost sure convergence but no convergence in L1. It is therefore not uniformly integrable. Before absorption the nearest-neighbour walk is at most zero, ensuring nonnegativity.

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