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On central limit and iterated logarithm supplements to the martingale convergence theorem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

C. C. Heyde*
Affiliation:
C.S.I.R.O. Division of Mathematics and Statistics, Canberra

Abstract

Let {Sn, n ≧ 1} be a zero, mean square integrable martingale for which so that SnS a.s., say, by the martingale convergence theorem. The paper is principally concerned with obtaining central limit and iterated logarithm results for Bn(SnS) where the multipliers Bn ↑ ∞ a.s. An example on the Pólya urn scheme is given to illustrate the results.

Type
Research Papers
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1977 

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