Let Z, Z1, Z2, . . . be i.i.d. real-valued random variables. Let F be the distribution function of Z given by
F(t) = P{Z ≤ t} = E{I(−∞,t](Z)},
and let Fn be the empirical distribution function of Z1, ..., Zn given by
Fn(t) = #{1 ≤ i ≤ n : Zi ≤ t} n = 1 n n i=1 I(−∞,t](Zi).
(a) Show, for any 0 <>
P sup t∈R |Fn(t) − F(t)| ≥ ≤ 8 · (n + 1) · exp −n · 2 128 .
(b) Conclude from a) the Glivenko–Cantelli theorem:
sup t∈R |Fn(t) − F(t)| → 0 (n → ∞) a.s.
(c) Generalize (a) and (b) to multivariate (empirical) distribution functions. Hint: Apply Theorem 9.1 and Problems 9.1 and 9.4.
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