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Proof of Convergence in Distribution to a Constant Implies Convergence in Probability

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Reason: Initial publication. Proof applying the open-set claim of thm:portmanteau-metric-2026a to an open ball about the constant, then passing to the complement with the difference rule for finite measures.

Proof

Claim 1. Let BB(X)B\in\mathcal{B}(X). If cBc\in B then Yc1(B)=ΩY_c^{-1}(B)=\Omega, and if cBc\notin B then Yc1(B)=Y_c^{-1}(B)=\varnothing; both sets belong to F\mathcal{F} by Sigma-Algebra and Measurable Space. Hence YcY_c is measurable with respect to F\mathcal{F} and B(X)\mathcal{B}(X), that is, a random element of (X,d)(X,d) on (Ω,F,P)(\Omega,\mathcal{F},P). By Random Element of a Metric Space and Its Law its law satisfies λc(B)=P(Ω)=1\lambda_c(B)=P(\Omega)=1 when cBc\in B and λc(B)=P()=0\lambda_c(B)=P(\varnothing)=0 when cBc\notin B.

Claim 2. The set {c}\{c\} is a nonempty subset of XX, and for every xXx\in X the set {d(x,a):a{c}}\{d(x,a):a\in\{c\}\} is {d(x,c)}\{d(x,c)\}, whose greatest lower bound is d(x,c)d(x,c); hence distd(x,{c})=d(x,c)\operatorname{dist}_d(x,\{c\})=d(x,c) in the sense of Distance from a Point to a Nonempty Subset of a Metric Space. By claim 3 of Borel Measurability and Bounded Integration on a Metric Space the map xd(x,c)x\mapsto d(x,c) is measurable with respect to B(X)\mathcal{B}(X) and the Borel σ\sigma-algebra B(R)\mathcal{B}(\mathbb{R}) of the real line, and by claim 4 of the same lemma the map ωd(Yn(ω),c)\omega\mapsto d\bigl(Y_n(\omega),c\bigr) is measurable with respect to Fn\mathcal{F}_n and B(R)\mathcal{B}(\mathbb{R}). The set [ε,)[\varepsilon,\infty) is a closed subset of R\mathbb{R} and hence a Borel set, and En,εE_{n,\varepsilon} is its preimage under that map; therefore En,εFnE_{n,\varepsilon}\in\mathcal{F}_n.

Claim 3. Let ε>0\varepsilon>0 be real and let U=Bd(c,ε)U=B_d(c,\varepsilon) be the open ball, which is open in (X,d)(X,d) by Open Ball in a Metric Space is Open and hence lies in B(X)\mathcal{B}(X) by claim 1 of Borel Measurability and Bounded Integration on a Metric Space. Since d(c,c)=0<εd(c,c)=0<\varepsilon by condition 2 of Metric Space, we have cUc\in U, so λc(U)=1\lambda_c(U)=1 by claim 1.

By claim 1 of Image Measures, Measures with Densities, and Change of Variables, each law λn\lambda_n and the law λc\lambda_c is a probability measure on (X,B(X))(X,\mathcal{B}(X)), and by hypothesis together with Convergence in Distribution of Random Elements of a Metric Space the sequence (λn)nN(\lambda_n)_{n\in\mathbb{N}} converges weakly to λc\lambda_c. Claim 3 of Portmanteau Theorem on a Metric Space therefore gives

1=λc(U)lim infnλn(U).1=\lambda_c(U)\le\liminf_{n}\lambda_n(U).

The sequence (λn(U))nN(\lambda_n(U))_{n\in\mathbb{N}} takes values in [0,1][0,1] by claim 2 of Basic Properties of a Measure, so it is bounded, and claim 2 of Basic Properties of the Limit Inferior and Limit Superior of a Bounded Real Sequence gives lim supnλn(U)1\limsup_n\lambda_n(U)\le1. With claim 1 of that lemma we obtain

1lim infnλn(U)lim supnλn(U)1,1\le\liminf_n\lambda_n(U)\le\limsup_n\lambda_n(U)\le1 ,

so both are equal to 11, and claim 5 of that lemma shows that (λn(U))nN(\lambda_n(U))_{n\in\mathbb{N}} converges to 11.

For every ωΩn\omega\in\Omega_n we have d(c,Yn(ω))=d(Yn(ω),c)d\bigl(c,Y_n(\omega)\bigr)=d\bigl(Y_n(\omega),c\bigr) by the symmetry of dd (condition 3 of Metric Space), and exactly one of d(Yn(ω),c)<εd(Y_n(\omega),c)<\varepsilon and εd(Yn(ω),c)\varepsilon\le d(Y_n(\omega),c) holds by the totality of the order of R\mathbb{R}. Hence Yn1(U)=ΩnEn,εY_n^{-1}(U)=\Omega_n\setminus E_{n,\varepsilon}, and so λn(U)=Pn(ΩnEn,ε)\lambda_n(U)=P_n\bigl(\Omega_n\setminus E_{n,\varepsilon}\bigr). Applying claim 3 of Basic Properties of a Measure to the finite measure PnP_n gives

Pn(En,ε)=Pn(Ωn)λn(U)=1λn(U).P_n(E_{n,\varepsilon})=P_n(\Omega_n)-\lambda_n(U)=1-\lambda_n(U).

Let η>0\eta>0 be real. Since (λn(U))(\lambda_n(U)) converges to 11, there is NNN\in\mathbb{N} with λn(U)1<η|\lambda_n(U)-1|<\eta for every nNn\ge N, and then

Pn(En,ε)0=1λn(U)=λn(U)1<η,\bigl|P_n(E_{n,\varepsilon})-0\bigr|=|1-\lambda_n(U)|=|\lambda_n(U)-1|<\eta ,

using claim 2 of Properties of the Absolute Value in an Ordered Field. Hence (Pn(En,ε))nN\bigl(P_n(E_{n,\varepsilon})\bigr)_{n\in\mathbb{N}} converges to 00.

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