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Corollary 11

Let E be the set of all points on the x axis. If for a sequence of constants an > 0 and bn, $n = 1,2,3,\ldots$,

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

where w(x) is a proper W-function, then for any $x \in E$,

(a)
Fn(anx + bn) converges uniformly to e-w(x), and
(b)
Gm,n (an x + bn) converges uniformly to

\begin{displaymath}
e^{-w(x)} \sum^{m-1}_{k=0} \frac{[w(x)]^k}{k!}, \qquad (\text{for
finite } m).\end{displaymath}

Proof: By Corollary 5, if

\begin{displaymath}
n [ 1 - F (a_n x + b_n)] \Rightarrow w(x), \quad \text{then} \quad
F^n (a_n x + b_n) \Rightarrow \phi (x),\end{displaymath}

where $\phi(x)$ is a proper frequency distribution. But, by Corollary 4, $\phi(x)$ is continuous for every $x \in E$, and so

\begin{displaymath}
\lim_{n\to\infty} F^n (a_n x + b_n) = \phi (x), \qquad \text{for every
} x \in E,\end{displaymath}

and $\phi(x)$ is a continuous frequency distribution. It follows that by Theorem 11, Fn (an x + bn) converges uniformly to $\phi(x)$.

By Theorem 9, if

\begin{displaymath}
n [ 1 - F (a_n x + b_n)] \Rightarrow w(x), \quad \text{then} \quad
G_{m,n} (a_n x + b_n) \Rightarrow H_M (x).\end{displaymath}

Hence, by Corollary 6, Hm (x) is everywhere continuous, and thus

\begin{displaymath}
\lim_{n\to\infty} G_{m,n} (a_n x + b_n) = H_m(x)\end{displaymath}

for every $x \in E$. It follows from Theorem 11 that Gm,n (an x + bn) converges uniformly to Hm (x) for $x \in E$.



Leon Borgman
3/10/1998