Limit theorems for a class of identically distributed random variables

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2004-10-05

arxiv.org/abs/math/0410105v1

Annals of Probability 2004, Vol. 32, No. 3A, 2029-2052

Mathematics

Probability

Published by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org) in the Annals of Probability (http://www.imsta

Scientific paper

10.1214/009117904000000676

A new type of stochastic dependence for a sequence of random variables is introduced and studied. Precisely, (X_n)_{n\geq 1} is said to be conditionally identically distributed (c.i.d.), with respect to a filtration (G_n)_{n\geq 0}, if it is adapted to (G_n)_{n\geq 0} and, for each n\geq 0, (X_k)_{k>n} is identically distributed given the past G_n. In case G_0={\varnothing,\Omega} and G_n=\sigma(X_1,...,X_n), a result of Kallenberg implies that (X_n)_{n\geq 1} is exchangeable if and only if it is stationary and c.i.d. After giving some natural examples of nonexchangeable c.i.d. sequences, it is shown that (X_n)_{n\geq 1} is exchangeable if and only if (X_{\tau(n)})_{n\geq 1} is c.i.d. for any finite permutation \tau of {1,2,...}, and that the distribution of a c.i.d. sequence agrees with an exchangeable law on a certain sub-\sigma-field. Moreover, (1/n)\sum_{k=1}^nX_k converges a.s. and in L^1 whenever (X_n)_{n\geq 1} is (real-valued) c.i.d. and E[| X_1| ]<\infty. As to the CLT, three types of random centering are considered. One such centering, significant in Bayesian prediction and discrete time filtering, is E[X_{n+1}| G_n]. For each centering, convergence in distribution of the corresponding empirical process is analyzed under uniform distance.

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