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Theorem 9

Let Hm(x) and w(x) be, respectively, a proper frequency distribution and a proper W-function which possesses the interrelationship

\begin{displaymath}
H_m (x) = e^{-w(x)} \sum^{m-1}_{k=0} \frac{[w(x)]^k}{k!}\end{displaymath}

for m finite. Let an > 0 and bn, $n = 1,2,3,\ldots$, be a sequence of real constants. Then,

\begin{displaymath}
n \left[ 1 - F (a_n x + b_n) \right] \Rightarrow w(x),\end{displaymath}

if and only if for finite m,

\begin{displaymath}
G_{m,n} (a_n x + b_n) \Rightarrow H_m (x).\end{displaymath}

Proof: The theorem is an immediate consequence of Theorems 6 and 7.



Leon Borgman
3/10/1998