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What is vague convergence and what does it accomplish?

For convenience, let's say that I have a locally compact Hausdorff space $X$ and am concerned with probability measures on its Borel $\sigma$-algebra $\mathcal{B}(X)$. Natural vector spaces to ...
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Prokhorov's theorem for countably many random measures on a Polish space

I am looking for help to show the following lemma: Lemma Let $(\Omega,\mathcal A,\mathbb P)$ be a complete, standard Borel probability space and $\mathcal X$ a Polish space. Let $\mathcal P(\mathcal ...
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Is the range of a probability-valued random variable with the variation topology (almost) separable?

Let $X$ and $Y$ be uncountable Polish spaces, $\Delta(Y)$ be the space of Borel probability measures on $Y$ endowed with the Borel $\sigma$-algebra induced by the variation distance, and let $g:X\to \...
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What is an example of a non-tight probability measure?

Billingsley (Convergence of Probability Measures, 1968) and van der Vaart and Wellner (Weak Convergence and Empirical Processes, 2023) discuss the concept of tight probability measures and use the ...
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Eigenvalues of random matrices are measurable functions

I have read that if a random matrix is hermitian then its eigenvalues are continuous, hence also measurable. If the random matrix is not hermitian, the eigenvalues are not continuous in some cases. ...
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Any reference on Jensen inequality for measurable convex functions on a Hausdorff space?

I asked this question on math.stackexchange and I was suggested that asking it may be more appropriate. This is part of my research which tries to extend some of Choquet's theory to some non-compact ...
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$\sigma$-compactness of probability measures under a refined topology

Denote Polish spaces $(X, \tau_x)$ and $(Y, \tau_y)$, where $X$ and $Y$ are closed subsets of $\mathbb{R}$. Consider a Borel measurable function $f: (X \times Y, \tau_x \times \tau_y) \rightarrow \...
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equivalence of topologies defined on $M_1$(a subspace of bounded measures on $\mathbb{R}$)

Let $\mathcal{C}:=\mathcal{C}(\mathbb{R})$ be the space of continuous functions on $\mathbb{R}$ and $\mathcal{C}_b$ its subspace consisting of bounded elements. Define for $\phi(x):=1+|x|$, $$ \...
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Products for probability theory using zero sets instead of open sets

(For all of this post, at least Countable Choice is assumed to hold.) For all Tychonoff spaces $\langle X,\mathcal{T}\hspace{.06 in}\rangle$ : Define $\mathbf{Z}(\langle X,\mathcal{T}\hspace{.06 in}\...
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A local base for space of probability measures with Prohorov metric

Let $S$ be a Polish space. Let $P(S)$ denote the space of probability measures on $(S,\mathcal{B})$, where $\mathcal B$ is the Borel-$\sigma$-algebra over $S$. Equip $P(S)$ with the Prohorov metric. I ...
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Showing that $b$ is a inner point of $\mathcal{G}$ where $\mathcal{G}$ is a subset of $\mathbb{R}^{N+3}$ determined by $\mathcal{M}^{+}$

Let $(\Xi,\mathscr{E})$ be a measurable space, $(\mathbb{R_{+}},\mathfrak{B})$ other measurable space where $\mathfrak{B}$ a $\sigma$-algebra. We consider the measurable space $(\Xi\times\Xi\times\...
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Generating the sigma algebras on the set of probability measures

I was wondering if somebody could help me see/provide a reference to the following fact: Let $X$ be a metrizable set, $\mathcal{F}$ the corresponding Borel sigma-algebra on $X$, and $\triangle\left(X,\...
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Measurability of a map involving probability measures

Let $X$ be a metrizable topological space and $\mathscr B_X$ the Borel $\sigma$-algebra on it. Let $\Delta X$ denote the set of probability measures on $(X,\mathscr B_X)$, and let $\mathscr B_{\Delta ...
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question about the tightness of probability measures for a general topological space

Let $(E,\mathcal{X})$ be a topological space and denote by $\mathcal{F}$ its collection of Borel subsets referred to $\mathcal{X}$. Now let $\mathcal{P}$ be the set of all probabilities on $(E,\...
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