Let ( X m ) m ∈ N (X_m)_{m\in\mathbb{N}} ( X m ) m ∈ N be a sequence of independent and identically distributed random variables on a probability space ( Ω , F , P ) (\Omega,\mathcal{F},P) ( Ω , F , P ) such that X 1 X_1 X 1 and X 1 2 X_1^{2} X 1 2 have finite expectation , and suppose σ 2 = Var ( X 1 ) > 0 \sigma^{2}=\operatorname{Var}(X_1)>0 σ 2 = Var ( X 1 ) > 0 ; write μ = E [ X 1 ] \mu=\mathbb{E}[X_1] μ = E [ X 1 ] , σ \sigma σ for the positive square root of σ 2 \sigma^{2} σ 2 (Existence and Uniqueness of the Nonnegative Square Root ), and S n = X 1 + ⋯ + X n S_n=X_1+\cdots+X_n S n = X 1 + ⋯ + X n . Then
S n − n μ σ n ⟶ Z ( n → ∞ ) in distribution , \frac{S_n-n\mu}{\sigma\sqrt{n}}\ \longrightarrow\ Z\qquad(n\to\infty)\quad\text{in distribution}, σ n S n − n μ ⟶ Z ( n → ∞ ) in distribution ,
where Z Z Z is a standard normal random variable; explicitly, in the sense of Convergence in Probability ,
P ( S n − n μ σ n ≤ t ) ⟶ Φ ( t ) for every t ∈ R , P\Bigl(\frac{S_n-n\mu}{\sigma\sqrt{n}}\le t\Bigr)\ \longrightarrow\ \Phi(t)\qquad\text{for every }t\in\mathbb{R}, P ( σ n S n − n μ ≤ t ) ⟶ Φ ( t ) for every t ∈ R ,
the convergence holding at every t t t because Φ \Phi Φ is continuous everywhere by claim 3 of The Gaussian Integral Is Finite and Positive, and the First Two Gaussian Moments .