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Teoriya Veroyatnostei i ee Primeneniya, 1966, Volume 11, Issue 4, Pages 632–655
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On the accuracy of Gaussian approximation to the distribution functions of sums of independent random variables
I. A. Ibragimov Leningrad
Abstract:
Let $\{\xi_n\}$ be a sequence of independent identically distributed random variables with a common distribution function (d.f.) $F(x)$. Let us assume that d.f. belongs to the domain of attraction of the Gaussian law. Denote by $F_n(x;A_n,B_n)$ the d.f. of normalized sum $S_n=\frac1{B_n}\sum_1^n\xi_i-A_n$ and let
$$
\delta_n=\inf_{A_n,B_n}\sup_x|F_n(x;A_n,B_n)-\Phi(x)|
$$
where $\Phi(x)=\frac1{\sqrt{2\pi}}\int_{-\infty}^xe^{-u^2/2}\,du$.
We investigate in this paper the rate of convergence of $\delta_n$ to 0 and some other related problems. The main results which are also indicative of the other results of the paper are the following theorems.
Theorem 3.1. {\it In order that $\delta_n=O(n^{-\delta/2})$, $0<\delta<1$, it is necessary and sufficient that the following conditions be satisfied}
$$
\sigma^2=\int_{-\infty}^\infty x^2\,dF(x)<\infty,\eqno(3.2)
\int_{|x|>z}x^2\,dF(x)=O(|z|^{-\delta}),\quad z\to\infty.\eqno(3.3)
$$
Theorem 3.2. {\it In order that $\delta_n=O(n^{-1/2})$ it is necessary and sufficient that conditions (3.1), (3.2) and the following one
$$
\int_{-z}^zx^3\,dF(x)=O(1),\quad z\to\infty\eqno(3.4)
$$
be satisfied}.
Received: 06.11.1965
Citation:
I. A. Ibragimov, “On the accuracy of Gaussian approximation to the distribution functions of sums of independent random variables”, Teor. Veroyatnost. i Primenen., 11:4 (1966), 632–655; Theory Probab. Appl., 11:4 (1966), 559–579
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