 Uniform integrability from bounded second moments (source code)

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= Uniform integrability from bounded second moments

If $\sup_n\mathbb E[X_n^2]<\infty$, then $(X_n)$ is <uniform integrability>[uniformly integrable]. Indeed, the <Cauchy-Schwarz inequality> and <Markov inequality> give
$$
\mathbb E[|X_n|\mathbf1_{\{|X_n|>K\}}]
\leq\frac{\mathbb E[X_n^2]}{K}.
$$

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