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The central limit theorem for m-dependent variables

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

P. H. Diananda
P. H. Diananda
Affiliation:
Institute of StatisticsUniversity of North CarolinaChapel Hill, North Carolina*
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In a previous paper (4) central limit theorems were obtained for sequences of m-dependent random variables (r.v.'s) asymptotically stationary to second order, the sufficient conditions being akin to the Lindeberg condition (3). In this paper similar theorems are obtained for sequences of m-dependent r.v.'s with bounded variances and with the property that for large n, where s′n is the standard deviation of the nth partial sum of the sequence. The same basic ideas as in (4) are used, but the proofs have been simplified. The results of this paper are examined in relation to earlier ones of Hoeffding and Robbins(5) and of the author (4). The cases of identically distributed r.v.'s and of vector r.v.'s are mentioned.

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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 51 , Issue 1 , January 1955 , pp. 92 - 95
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1955

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