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 <WRAP center round tip 80%> <WRAP center round tip 80%>
 **De Finetti'​s Theorem:​**  ​ **De Finetti'​s Theorem:​**  ​
-Let $(X_i)_{i\in\mathbb{N}}$ be a family of **exchangeable random elements** taking ​balues ​on a measurable space $(\mathsf{X},​\mathcal{X})$. Then, there exists a $\sigma$-field $\mathcal{G}_\infty$ such that, **conditionally on $\mathcal{G}_\infty$**,​ the random variables $(X_i)_{i\in\mathbb{N}}$ are **independent and identically distributed (i.i.d.)**.+Let $(X_i)_{i\in\mathbb{N}}$ be a family of **exchangeable random elements** taking ​values ​on a measurable space $(\mathsf{X},​\mathcal{X})$. Then, there exists a $\sigma$-field $\mathcal{G}_\infty$ such that, **conditionally on $\mathcal{G}_\infty$**,​ the random variables $(X_i)_{i\in\mathbb{N}}$ are **independent and identically distributed (i.i.d.)**.
  
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 =\prod_{\ell=1}^k\mathbb{E}[f_\ell(X_1)\mid\mathcal{G}_\infty]. =\prod_{\ell=1}^k\mathbb{E}[f_\ell(X_1)\mid\mathcal{G}_\infty].
 $$ $$
-    * Thus, conditionally on $\mathcal{G}_\infty$,​ $(X_i)$ are independent.+    * Thus, conditionally on $\mathcal{G}_\infty$,​ $(X_i)$ are independent. ​$\blacksquare$
  
-==== Comments: ​convergence ​of Empirical Averages ​for i.i.d. Random Variables ====+<WRAP center round todo 80%> 
 +If $(X_i)$ are real-valued random variables, then, since the distribution of any random variable $X$ is completely determined by the values $\mathbb{P}(X \le x)$ for $x \in \mathbb{Q}$,​ we can replace $\mathcal{G}_\infty$ with the $\sigma$-field generated by the countable family of random variables 
 +\[ 
 +\left\{ \mathbb{E}\big[\mathbf{1}_{\{X_1 \le x\}} \mid \mathcal{G}_\infty \big] : x \in \mathbb{Q} \right\}. 
 +\] 
 +It follows that there exists a random variable $S$ such that, conditional on $S$, the sequence $(X_i)$ is independent and identically distributed.  
 + 
 +</​WRAP>​ 
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 + 
 +==== Comments: ​Another proof of the Law of Large Numbers ​for i.i.d. Random Variables ====
  
 The previous approach allows to prove the strong law of large numbers (for a proof of the LLN using only the dominated convergence theorem, ​ [[world:​lln| click here]]) The previous approach allows to prove the strong law of large numbers (for a proof of the LLN using only the dominated convergence theorem, ​ [[world:​lln| click here]])
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