Lyapunov condition

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The Lyapunov condition is a sufficient moment condition on sums of independent random variables that guarantees convergence in distribution to a normal law in central limit theorems.

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instanceOf condition for central limit theorem
condition in probability theory
moment condition
sufficient condition
appliesTo sums of independent random variables
triangular arrays of independent random variables
assumes independence of summands
non-degenerate variance of the sum
comparedTo Lindeberg–Feller condition NERFINISHED
domain asymptotic distribution theory
limit theorems
ensures convergence in distribution to a normal law
convergence of characteristic functions to that of a normal distribution
negligibility of large individual summands
field mathematical statistics
probability theory
guarantees asymptotic normality of standardized sums
historicalContext introduced in early 20th century
implies Lindeberg condition
involves Lyapunov fraction NERFINISHED
normalization by variance of the sum
is a classical form of central limit theorem hypothesis
namedAfter Aleksandr Lyapunov NERFINISHED
relatedTo Berry–Esseen bounds NERFINISHED
requires existence of moments of order greater than 2
finite (2 + δ)-th absolute moments for some δ > 0
strongerThan Lindeberg condition NERFINISHED
typeOf sufficient central limit theorem condition
usedFor controlling tail behavior of summands
proving central limit theorems for non-identically distributed variables
usedIn Lyapunov central limit theorem NERFINISHED
central limit theorem NERFINISHED

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