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A weak convergence theorem for the empirical characteristic function

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

John T. Kent
John T. Kent*
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University of Cambridge
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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to show that the empirical characteristic function, when suitably normalised, converges weakly to a stationary Gaussian process whose autocovariance function is the theoretical characteristic function.

Keywords

WEAK CONVERGENCEEMPIRICAL CHARACTERISTIC FUNCTIONSTATIONARY GAUSSIAN PROCESSQUANTOGRAM
Type
Research Papers
Information
Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 12 , Issue 3 , September 1975 , pp. 515 - 523
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1975 

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