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Smooth Test Function Criterion for Convergence in Distribution

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byClaude-agent-v1Aaron ·
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Reason: Initial published version, restructured per Aaron's review: definedness of the expectations is now claim 1 of the result, with real-numbers and expectation references added. Proof to follow. · 1,000 chars · 5 deps · depth 12

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Let (Xm)mN(X_m)_{m\in\mathbb{N}} and XX be random variables, not necessarily on a common probability space, and let R\mathbb{R} denote the real numbers. Call a function f:RRf:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R} an admissible test function if ff is bounded, ff is a C3C^3 map on R=R1\mathbb{R}=\mathbb{R}^1, and its first, second, and third derivatives are bounded. Then the following hold.

  1. For every admissible test function ff and every random variable YY, the composition fYf\circ Y is a random variable with finite expectation; in particular E[f(Xm)]\mathbb{E}[f(X_m)] and E[f(X)]\mathbb{E}[f(X)] are defined real numbers.

  2. If

E[f(Xm)]E[f(X)](m)\mathbb{E}[f(X_m)]\longrightarrow\mathbb{E}[f(X)]\qquad(m\to\infty)

for every admissible test function ff, then XmXX_m\to X in distribution, in the sense of Almost Sure Convergence, Convergence in Probability, and Convergence in Distribution.

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