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What is cid?

Definition 23.4 University Mathematics — Year 3 · Chapter 23 — Characteristic Functions and the Central Limit Theorem

XnX_n converges in distribution (or in law) to XX, written XnXX_n \Rightarrow X, if

E[f(Xn)]E[f(X)]for every bounded continuous f ⁣:RR.\E\bigl[f(X_n)\bigr] \longrightarrow \E\bigl[f(X)\bigr] \qquad\text{for every bounded continuous } f\colon\R\to\R .

Equivalently (Exercise 23.4): FXn(t)FX(t)F_{X_n}(t) \to F_X(t) at every continuity point tt of FXF_X. The XnX_n need not live on a common probability space: only laws matter.

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