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The discussion revolves around a probability problem involving a non-decreasing sequence of events, denoted as An. The main query is about the interpretation of the down arrow symbol (↓) in the context of probability limits. It is established that the down arrow indicates that the probabilities P[A_n] form a non-increasing sequence that converges to the limit represented by P[∩_{i=0}^∞ A_i]. The task is to prove this convergence based on the properties of the sequence.

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A question on my probability problem set reads: If the sequence of events An is non-decreasing (i.e. An is a superset of An+1 for all n), prove the following

[tex]P[A_n] \downarrow P[\bigcap_{i=0}^\infty A_i][/tex]

I just need to know what the heck the down arrow means
 
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I think it means that the probabilities on the left are a non-increasing sequence converging to the number on the right (that's what you have to prove).
 

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