TITLE: When does almost everywhere convergence imply convergence in measure?
QUESTION [17 upvotes]: Let $f_n$ be a sequence of measurable functions on a finite measure space. Is it true that 
If every subsequence of $\{f_n\}$ has a subsequence which converge to $f$ almost everywhere, then  $f_n$ converges to $f$ in measure?
I have proved the converse of this statement, but problem says it is if and only if statement. Thanks in advance for any help!

REPLY [14 votes]: We can show the contrapositive. 
Assume that $f_n$ doesn't converge to $f$ in measure. This means that there is $\delta\gt 0$, an $\varepsilon\gt 0$ and a subsequence $(f_{n_k})_k$ such that for each $k$, 
$$\mu\{|f_{n_k}-f|\gt \varepsilon\}\gt \delta.$$
If $(f_{m_k})_k$ is a subsequence of $(f_{n_k})_k$, we have to show that $f_{m_k}$ doesn't converge almost everywhere to $f$. Define $A_k:=\{|f_{m_k}-f|\gt \varepsilon\}$. Then we have, using finiteness of the measure space, 
$$\mu\left(\limsup_{k\to \infty}A_k\right)=\mu\left(\bigcap_{j=1}^\infty\bigcup_{k\geqslant j}A_k\right)\geqslant \delta.$$