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Assuming countable choice, a real family is summable as a finite-subset net if and only if it has at most countable support and its nonzero terms are absolutely summable; its sum is independent of the enumeration

Statement

Assume countable choice. Let a:IRa:I\to\mathbb R and S={i:ai0}S=\{i:a_i\ne0\}. Then the finite-subset net of aa is convergent if and only if SS is at most countable and its finite enumeration, or any bijective enumeration e:NSe:\mathbb N\to S when SS is infinite, gives an absolutely convergent series of nonzero terms. Its net limit equals that finite sum or series sum and is independent of the enumeration.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: A real family a:IRa:I\to\mathbb R and its finite-subset net.

[L1]
[L2]
[L5]

A real series is absolutely convergent exactly when the series of absolute values converges; sums over finite index sets are invariant under their enumerations (Absolutely convergent and conditionally convergent series, and the general starting index, The sum iSai\sum_{i \in S} a_i over a finite index set, and its product form).

Proof

technique · direct
1.1

Suppose the finite-subset net converges to LL. There are a finite F0IF_0\subseteq I and C>0C>0 such that iFaiC|\sum_{i\in F}a_i|\le C for every finite FF0F\supseteq F_0. If PIF0P\subseteq I\setminus F_0 is finite and all aia_i for iPi\in P are positive, then iPai=iF0PaiiF0aiC+iF0ai.\sum_{i\in P}a_i =\sum_{i\in F_0\cup P}a_i-\sum_{i\in F_0}a_i \le C+\left|\sum_{i\in F_0}a_i\right|. The same argument applied to finite sets of negative terms bounds their absolute-value sums.

L3L5
1.2

Conversely, let an enumeration of SS have absolutely convergent series sum ss. Given ε>0\varepsilon>0, choose a finite initial segment F0F_0 whose remaining absolute series sum is below ε\varepsilon. For every finite FF0F\supseteq F_0, iFaisiSFai<ε.\left|\sum_{i\in F}a_i-s\right| \le \sum_{i\in S\setminus F}|a_i| <\varepsilon. Indices outside SS contribute zero, so the finite-subset net converges to ss.

L2L5
2.1

For each n1n\ge1, the sets {iF0:ai+1/n}\{i\notin F_0:a_i^+\ge1/n\} and {iF0:ai1/n}\{i\notin F_0:a_i^-\ge1/n\} are finite, since a finite subset with more than nCnC' members would have sum exceeding the bound CC'. Every nonzero real lies in one of these level sets for some nn by [L4], so [L1] makes SS at most countable.

step 1.1L1L3L4
2.2

With any enumeration of SS, the positive and negative partial sums are bounded by step 1.1, hence converge by [L2]. Thus the series of absolute values converges by [L3], so the enumerated nonzero terms form an absolutely convergent series.

step 1.1L2L3
3.1

Any two infinite enumerations differ by a bijective rearrangement, so [L2] gives the same sum; finite enumerations give the same finite-set sum by [L5]. This proves both directions and enumeration independence.

step 2.2step 1.2L2L5

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