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For a nonnegative
random variable
X
,
Tonelli theorem
gives
E
[
X
]
=
∫
0
∞
P
(
X
>
t
)
d
t
.
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Consequently, for each
a
>
0
,
E
[
X
]
=
∞
exactly when
∑
n
≥
1
P
(
X
>
an
)
=
∞
; compare the integral on successive intervals of length
a
.
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