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Central Limit Theorem

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Let (Xm)m∈N(X_m)_{m\in\mathbb{N}} be a sequence of independent and identically distributed random variables on a probability space (Ω,F,P)(\Omega,\mathcal{F},P) such that X1X_1 and X12X_1^{2} have finite expectation, and suppose σ2=Var⁡(X1)>0\sigma^{2}=\operatorname{Var}(X_1)>0; write μ=E[X1]\mu=\mathbb{E}[X_1], σ\sigma for the positive square root of σ2\sigma^{2} (Existence and Uniqueness of the Nonnegative Square Root), and Sn=X1+⋯+XnS_n=X_1+\cdots+X_n. Then

Sn−nμσn ⟶ Z(n→∞)in distribution,\frac{S_n-n\mu}{\sigma\sqrt{n}}\ \longrightarrow\ Z\qquad(n\to\infty)\quad\text{in distribution},

where ZZ is a standard normal random variable; explicitly, in the sense of Convergence in Probability,

P(Sn−nμσn≤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},

the convergence holding at every tt because Φ\Phi is continuous everywhere by claim 3 of The Gaussian Integral Is Finite and Positive, and the First Two Gaussian Moments.

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