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Asymptotic Methods in Statistical Inference - Statistics Centre

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112<br />

of . Anequivalent(andmoreuseful)def<strong>in</strong>ition<br />

is that<br />

X () → X ⇔ <br />

h<br />

<br />

³<br />

X ()´i → [ (X)] <br />

whenever is bounded and cont<strong>in</strong>uous.<br />

• If X () → X and f(·) is cont<strong>in</strong>uous then<br />

f ³ X ()´ () <br />

→ f (X); <strong>in</strong> particular <br />

<br />

→ (∀).<br />

Proof: Let be bounded and cont<strong>in</strong>uous, then<br />

h ³ f ³ X ()´´i → [ (f (X))] s<strong>in</strong>ce ◦ f is<br />

bounded and cont<strong>in</strong>uous.<br />

• That ()<br />

<br />

()<br />

<br />

<br />

→ (∀) ⇒ X () → X holds if the<br />

are <strong>in</strong>dependent r.v.s; similar to a current<br />

exercise there is an easy proof us<strong>in</strong>g c.f.s which<br />

leads to the additional conclusion that the components<br />

of X are <strong>in</strong>dependently distributed.

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