TITLE: Prove that integration and summation can be swapped
QUESTION [7 upvotes]: $\def\d{\mathrm{d}}$Prove that integration and summation can be swapped in the following expression:
$$\int_{0}^{\infty} \sum_{n=0}^{\infty} \frac{(itx)^n}{n!}f(x)\,\d x,$$
where $|t|<\lambda$ and $f(x)$ is the density function of the $\mathrm{Gamma}(\lambda, \alpha)$ distribution for any real $\alpha >0$.
I know that I need to use Fubini's theorem and show:
$$\int_{0}^{\infty} \sum_{n=0}^{\infty} \left|\frac{(itx)^n}{n!}f(x)\right|\,\d x< \infty,$$
or
$$\sum_{n=0}^{\infty} \int_{0}^{\infty} \left|\frac{(itx)^n}{n!}f(x)\right|\,\d x< \infty.$$
I have tried the following:
\begin{align*}
&\mathrel{\phantom{=}} \sum_{n=0}^{\infty} \int_{0}^{\infty} \left|\frac{(itx)^n}{n!}f(x)\right|\,\d x\\
&< \sum_{n=0}^{\infty} \int_{0}^{\infty} \frac{\lambda^nx^n}{n!}|f(x)|\,\d x\ \text{(Used $|t|<\lambda$)}\\
&=\sum_{n=0}^{\infty} \int_{x=0}^{\infty} \frac{\lambda^nx^n}{n!}\left|\frac{x^{\alpha-1}\lambda^{\alpha}e^{-{\lambda}x}}{\Gamma(\alpha)}\right|\,\d x\ \text{(Substituted in $f(x)$)}\\
&=\sum_{n=0}^{\infty} \int_{x=0}^{\infty} \frac{1}{n!}\frac{x^{n+\alpha-1}\lambda^{n+\alpha}e^{-{\lambda}x}}{\Gamma(\alpha)}\,\d x\\
&\mathrel{\phantom{=}}\text{(Combined exponents and removed absolute value)}\\
&=\sum_{n=0}^{\infty} \frac{\Gamma(n+\alpha)}{n!\Gamma(\alpha)} \int_{x=0}^{\infty}\frac{x^{n+\alpha-1}\lambda^{n+\alpha}e^{-{\lambda}x}}{\Gamma(n+\alpha)}\,\d x\\
&=\sum_{n=0}^{\infty} \frac{\Gamma(n+\alpha)}{n!\Gamma(\alpha)}\\
&\mathrel{\phantom{=}}\text{(As the integral of the density of Gamma($\lambda$, $n+\alpha$) is $1$)}
\end{align*}
The problem now is I don't believe this sum converges.
Any help would be appreciated!

REPLY [4 votes]: You have two problems that prevent you from proving the claim:

You effectively only use that $|t| \leq \lambda$, but you really do need to use $|t| < \lambda$.
You correctly realized that you have to options to prove the claim ("I know that I need to use Fubini's theorem and show abc OR xyz"), but you tried to use the more difficult one.

First of all, note
$$
\sum_{n=0}^\infty \left|\frac{(itx)^n}{n!}\right|
= \sum_{n=0}^\infty (|t| \cdot x)^n / n!
= e^{|t| \cdot x}.
$$
Therefore, what we need to show is
$$
\infty > \int_0^\infty e^{|t|\cdot x} \cdot f(x) dx.
$$
From your attempt, I conclude that $f(x) = \frac{\lambda^\alpha}{\Gamma(\alpha)} \cdot x^{\alpha - 1} \cdot e^{-\lambda x}$. Since the first factor is independent of $x$, it is not relevant for finiteness of the integral. Hence, we need to consider
$$
\int_0^\infty e^{|t| \cdot x} \cdot x^{\alpha - 1} \cdot e^{\lambda x} dx
= \int_0^1 x^{\alpha - 1} \cdot e^{(|t| - \lambda) x} \, dx + \int_1^\infty x^{\alpha - 1} \cdot e^{(|t| - \lambda) x} \, dx .
$$
For the first integral, simply note that since $|t| \leq \lambda$ and since $x \geq 0$, we have $e^{(|t| - \lambda)x} \leq 1$, so that the first integral satisfies
$$
\int_0^1 x^{\alpha - 1} \cdot e^{(|t| - \lambda) x} \, dx \leq \int_0^1 x^{\alpha - 1}\, dx = \frac{x^\alpha}{\alpha}\bigg|_0^1 = \frac{1}{\alpha},
$$
where we used that $\alpha > 0$.
Thus, it only remains to consider the second integral. To this end, let $\delta = \frac{\lambda - |t|}{2}$ and note $\delta > 0$. Now, for example from the Taylor expansion $e^x = \sum_n x^n / n!$, we have for $x \geq 1 > 0$ that $e^{\delta x} \geq (\delta x)^n / n! = C_{\delta, n} \cdot x^n \geq C_{\delta, n} \cdot x^{\alpha - 1}$ for arbitrary $n \in \Bbb{N}$ with $n \geq \alpha - 1$. 
Therefore,
$$
\int_1^\infty x^{\alpha - 1} e^{(|t| - \lambda)x} \, dx
\leq \frac{1}{C_{\delta, n}} \cdot \int_1^\infty e^{\delta x} \cdot e^{-2\delta x} \, dx
= \frac{1}{C_{\delta, n}} \cdot \int_1^\infty e^{-\delta x} \, dx < \infty,
$$
since $\delta > 0$.