Glivenko's Theorem (probability Theory)
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probability theory Probability theory or probability calculus is the branch of mathematics concerned with probability. Although there are several different probability interpretations, probability theory treats the concept in a rigorous mathematical manner by expre ...
, Glivenko's theorem states that if \varphi_n, n\in \mathbb N, \varphi are the characteristic functions of some
probability distribution In probability theory and statistics, a probability distribution is a Function (mathematics), function that gives the probabilities of occurrence of possible events for an Experiment (probability theory), experiment. It is a mathematical descri ...
s \mu_n, \mu respectively and \varphi_n \to \varphi almost everywhere, then \mu_n \to \mu in the sense of probability distributions.


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