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Continuous functions on the space of probabilities
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by S. C. Bagchi and B. V. Rao PDF
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 95 (1985), 474-475 Request permission

Abstract:

Weiss and Dubins discovered that any continuous function $g(P)$ on the space of probabilities $\mathcal {P}$ of a compact Hausdorff space $K$ is of the form $\smallint f\;d{P^\infty }$ for some continuous function $f$ on ${K^\infty }$. A short proof is given here.
References
  • Lester E. Dubins, Bernstein-like polynomial approximation in higher dimensions, Pacific J. Math. 109 (1983), no. 2, 305–311. MR 721922
  • Kôsaku Yosida, Functional analysis, 4th ed., Die Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften, Band 123, Springer-Verlag, New York-Heidelberg, 1974. MR 0350358
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Additional Information
  • © Copyright 1985 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 95 (1985), 474-475
  • MSC: Primary 60B99; Secondary 28A33
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1985-0806090-8
  • MathSciNet review: 806090