A general principle for limit theorems in finitely additive probability

Karandikar, Rajeeva L.

doi:10.1090/S0002-9947-1982-0667159-6

A general principle for limit theorems in finitely additive probability

Author: Rajeeva L. Karandikar
Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 273 (1982), 541-550
MSC: Primary 60F05; Secondary 60G07
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1982-0667159-6
MathSciNet review: 667159
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Abstract: In this paper we formulate and prove a general principle which enables us to deduce limit theorems for sequences of independent random variables in a finitely additive setting from their analogues in the conventional countably additive setting.

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