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On the Breiman conjecture

Probability 2015-08-10 v1

Abstract

Let Y1,Y2,Y_{1},Y_{2},\ldots be positive, nondegenerate, i.i.d. GG random variables, and independently let X1,X2,X_{1},X_{2},\ldots be i.i.d. FF random variables. In this note we show that whenever XiYi/Yi\sum X_{i}Y_{i}/\sum Y_{i} converges in distribution to nondegenerate limit for some FFF\in \mathcal{F}, in a specified class of distributions F\mathcal{F}, then GG necessarily belongs to the domain of attraction of a stable law with index less than 1. The class F\mathcal{F} contains those nondegenerate XX with a finite second moment and those XX in the domain of attraction of a stable law with index 1<α<21<\alpha <2.

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@article{arxiv.1508.01533,
  title  = {On the Breiman conjecture},
  author = {Peter Kevei and David M. Mason},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.01533},
  year   = {2015}
}
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