Convergence in density in finite time windows and the Skorohod representation

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Abstract

According to the Dudley-Wichura extension of the Skorohod representation theorem, convergence in distribution to a limit in a separable set is equivalent to the existence of a coupling with elements converging a.s. in the metric. A density analogue of this theorem says that a sequence of probability densities on a general measurable space has a probability density as a pointwise lower limit if and only if there exists a coupling with elements converging a.s. in the discrete metric. In this paper the discrete-metric theorem is extended to stochastic processes considered in a widening time window. The extension is then used to prove the separability version of the Skorohod representation theorem. The paper concludes with an application to Markov chains.

Original languageEnglish
Article number63
JournalElectronic Communications in Probability
Volume21
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016

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Other keywords

  • Convergence in density
  • Convergence in distribution
  • Skorohod representation
  • Widening time window

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