In the setting of Convergence of Probability Measures and Random Elements: Standing Notation , let ( Ω , F , P ) (\Omega,\mathcal{F},P) ( Ω , F , P ) be a probability space, let n ∈ N n\in\mathbb{N} n ∈ N , and let Y 1 , … , Y n , Z 1 , … , Z n ∈ L 2 ( P ) Y_{1},\dots,Y_{n},Z_{1},\dots,Z_{n}\in\mathcal{L}^{2}(P) Y 1 , … , Y n , Z 1 , … , Z n ∈ L 2 ( P ) be random variables such that the family ( W i ) i ∈ [ 2 n ] (W_{i})_{i\in[2n]} ( W i ) i ∈ [ 2 n ] with W k = Y k W_{k}=Y_{k} W k = Y k and W n + k = Z k W_{n+k}=Z_{k} W n + k = Z k for k ∈ [ n ] k\in[n] k ∈ [ n ] is independent and
E Y k = E Z k = 0 , E [ Y k 2 ] = E [ Z k 2 ] = 1 ( k ∈ [ n ] ) . \mathbb{E}Y_{k}=\mathbb{E}Z_{k}=0,\qquad\mathbb{E}[Y_{k}^{2}]=\mathbb{E}[Z_{k}^{2}]=1\qquad(k\in[n]). E Y k = E Z k = 0 , E [ Y k 2 ] = E [ Z k 2 ] = 1 ( k ∈ [ n ]) .
Let a > 0 a>0 a > 0 be a real number. Let f : R → R f:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R} f : R → R be a function of the class used in Smooth Test Functions Characterize Convergence in Distribution of Real Random Variables (i) , that is, a function such that f f f and its successive derivatives f ′ f' f ′ and f ′ ′ f'' f ′′ are differentiable , f ′ ′ ′ f''' f ′′′ is continuous , and there is a real M M M with ∣ f ∣ , ∣ f ′ ∣ , ∣ f ′ ′ ∣ , ∣ f ′ ′ ′ ∣ ≤ M |f|,|f'|,|f''|,|f'''|\le M ∣ f ∣ , ∣ f ′ ∣ , ∣ f ′′ ∣ , ∣ f ′′′ ∣ ≤ M on R \mathbb{R} R . Let M 2 , M 3 ∈ R M_{2},M_{3}\in\mathbb{R} M 2 , M 3 ∈ R satisfy ∣ f ′ ′ ( x ) ∣ ≤ M 2 |f''(x)|\le M_{2} ∣ f ′′ ( x ) ∣ ≤ M 2 and ∣ f ′ ′ ′ ( x ) ∣ ≤ M 3 |f'''(x)|\le M_{3} ∣ f ′′′ ( x ) ∣ ≤ M 3 for every x ∈ R x\in\mathbb{R} x ∈ R , and let g : R → R g:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R} g : R → R be the function
g ( y ) = min { M 2 y 2 , 1 2 M 3 a ∣ y ∣ 3 } . g(y)=\min\bigl\{M_{2}y^{2},\tfrac12M_{3}a|y|^{3}\bigr\}. g ( y ) = min { M 2 y 2 , 2 1 M 3 a ∣ y ∣ 3 } .
(i) Integrability. For every k ∈ [ n ] k\in[n] k ∈ [ n ] , the random variables g ( Y k ) g(Y_{k}) g ( Y k ) and g ( Z k ) g(Z_{k}) g ( Z k ) are integrable.
(ii) Replacement bound.
∣ E f ( a ∑ k = 1 n Y k ) − E f ( a ∑ k = 1 n Z k ) ∣ ≤ a 2 ∑ k = 1 n ( E g ( Y k ) + E g ( Z k ) ) . \Bigl|\mathbb{E}f\Bigl(a\sum_{k=1}^{n}Y_{k}\Bigr)-\mathbb{E}f\Bigl(a\sum_{k=1}^{n}Z_{k}\Bigr)\Bigr|\le a^{2}\sum_{k=1}^{n}\bigl(\mathbb{E}g(Y_{k})+\mathbb{E}g(Z_{k})\bigr). E f ( a k = 1 ∑ n Y k ) − E f ( a k = 1 ∑ n Z k ) ≤ a 2 k = 1 ∑ n ( E g ( Y k ) + E g ( Z k ) ) .