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Famous results about the value of a given limit assuming it exists
Chebyshev got famous showing that if the limit $l:=\lim_{x\to\infty}\frac{\pi(x)}{x/\log x}$ exists, then necessarily $l=1$, constituting a major breakthrough towards a proof of the famous prime ...
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Rate of convergence of Bayesian posterior
Suppose a data generating process (DGP) is parameterized by some unknown parameter $\theta_0$, say $P_{\theta_0}$, and we want to estimate the value of $\theta_0$ using Bayesian method. Let $\pi(\...
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Normal distribution by successive approximation?
$\newcommand\R{\mathbb R}\newcommand\la\lambda$It is well known and easy to see that the rotationally invariant
product of two probability measures on $\R$ has to be a Gaussian (or Dirac) measure; see ...
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Question about $n$ random points in a regular polygon, and a limiting probability
Suppose we choose $n$ uniformly random points in a disk, then draw the smallest circle that encloses all of those points. There is evidence suggesting that the probability that the enclosing circle is ...
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On the convergence in total variation
$\newcommand\R{\mathbb R}$For a probability measure $\mu$ over $\R^2$ and a unit vector $u\in\R^2$, let $\mu^u$ denote the pushforward of $\mu$ under the projection map $\R^2\ni x\mapsto u\cdot x\in\R$...
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Law of large numbers for random functions?
Is there a version of the law of large numbers for random functions of the type: $h(X_j,\hat{\theta}_n)$, where $X_1,\dots,X_n$ are i.i.d. random variables, with distribution $F$, and $\hat{\theta}_n =...
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Pointwise almost sure convergence implies global convergence
Sorry in advance if this is not sufficiently research-level, it is really more of a reference request since the proof is not difficult. Let $\mathcal{Y}$ be a compact set, let $\{X_n\}$ denote a ...
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Divergence rate of geometric sum of random variables
Let $(X_n)_{n\in\mathbb{N}}$ be a sequence of strictly positive and identically distributed random variables and let $\beta\le 1$. I am trying to prove that
$$
0<\lim_{\beta\rightarrow 1}(1-\...
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Convergence of weighted double sum of random variables
I'm looking for convergence results of particular weighted sum:
$$S_n=\frac{1}{n}\sum_{i=1}^{n}\sum_{j=1}^{n}a_{i,j}X_i X_j.$$
when random variables $X_i$ ar i.i.d. Are there any investigation ...
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Convergence of Bayesian posterior
Let $\Delta [0,1]$ denote the set of all probability distributions on the unit interval.
Let $\mu \in \Delta [0,1]$ denote an arbitrary prior. Importantly, $\mu$ does not necessarily admit a density ...
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Reference Request: Total Variation Between Dependent and Independent Bernoulli Processes
Let $X$ be a random variable taking values in $\{0,1\}^n$ with the following distribution. For each coordinate $i$, we have $p_i = P(X_i = 1) = c/\sqrt n$, where $c$ is a (very small) constant. ...
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Reference request and clarification for Central Limit Theorem for complex random variables
I'm looking for a reference and a proof of the following version (or eventually a more general version) of the Central Limit Theorem for complex random variables.
Theorem. Let $Z_1, Z_2, \dots, Z_n$ ...
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Reference request for invariance principles
In various places, an example being
https://projecteuclid.org/download/pdf_1/euclid.aoap/1034625254,
the authors consider a discrete-time process (real-valued, say) $(X_n)_{n \in \mathbb{N}}$, define ...
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