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A variation on the Borel–Cantelli lemma theme

Let $X,X_0,X_1,\dots$ be nonnegative independent identically distributed (i.i.d.) random variables. Let \begin{equation*} E:=\bigcap_{n\ge0}B_n, \end{equation*} where \begin{equation*} B_n:=\...
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Functional CLT with an asymptotically small time change

This question was posted to MathSE but it seems like MathOverflow might be the more appropriate place for it. Suppose I know that $(\frac{1}{\sqrt{m}}X(mt))_{0\leq t\leq 1}\xrightarrow[m\to\infty]{\...
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Hypothesis to guarantee Lindeberg's condition

Imagine to have a set of random variables $\{ X_i \}_{i=1}^{n}$ independent (Non identically distributed). In these scenario, if the Lindeberg's condition hold we can extend the result of the CLT, i.e....
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A convergence problem

I have a math/stat problem where I need to show the convergence of the average of a sequence of experiments to an interval. The sequence of experiments is not i.i.d., hence the standard law of large ...
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Does the average of correlated Gaussian random variables with mean zero and different variances converge in probability to their mean?

Let $X_i\sim N(0,\sigma_i^2)$ and $\operatorname{Corr}(X_i,X_j)>0$. Is it possible to show that $$\frac{1}{N} \sum_{i=1}^N X_i \overset{p}\rightarrow E[X_i]=0.$$ Do you have a reference to a law of ...
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Compute limit of $\mathbb P(Y \le X_n)$ using limiting information on the sequence of random variables $X_n$

Let $Y$ be a symmetric random variable, $(X_n)_n$ be a sequence of nonnegative random variables, and set $p_n = \mathbb P(Y \le X_n)$. It is known from Slutsky's theorem that, if $c$ is a constant ...
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Tightness of a uniformly bounded sequence of functions integrated with respect to a semimartingale

I am reading this paper by Jacod, Jakubowski and Mémin. In the proof of Theorem 1.3 the authors define, for each $n\geq1$ the function $\phi_n$ by $\quad\phi_n(s)=i+1-ns,\quad\text{if } \frac{i}{n}&...
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Weak convergence in Skorohod space

I am reading a paper where they prove Donsker's invariance principle for a sequence of dependent RV's. They do the following steps which I can't follow so well. I won't write out the precise ...
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Convergence of function of stochastic processes

Let $X_t$ be a fixed cadlag semi-martingale and $J_n$ be a fixed sequence of functions from $\mathbb{R}^d$ to $\mathbb{R}$ which are twice continuously differentiable. If $J_n$ converge pointwise to ...
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A question in central limit theorem

Suppose $\{X_n,n\ge1\}$ are independent r.v., $E(X_n)=0$, $\operatorname{Var} \left(X_n\right)=\sigma_n^2<\infty$. Set $S_n=\sum_{i=1}^nX_i$ and $s_n^2=\sum_{i=1}^n\sigma_i^2$, assume $$\frac{S_n}{...
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Interplay between CLT and convergence in Total Variation

Given a random variable $X$ with bounded moments such that $E[X] = 0, E[X^2] = 1$, let $F_n$ denote the distribution $\sum\limits_{i=1}^d\frac{X_i}{\sqrt{n}}$ where each $X_i$ is an independent copy ...
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Central limit theorem and convergence of means [closed]

If $Z_1,Z_2,Z_3,\ldots$ are i.i.d. with $P(Z_i=-1) = P(Z_i=+1) = \frac 12,$ then we have by the Central Limit Theorem that $\frac{\sum_{i=1}^n Z_i}{\sqrt{n}}\stackrel{d}{\to} \mathcal{N}(0,1),$ so ...
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Convergence rate of the central limit theorem near the center of the distribution

I'm looking for fast convergence rates for the central limit theorem - when we are not near the tails of the distribution. Specifically, from the general convergence rates stated in the Berry–Esseen ...