Convolution of two measures on ℝ: the pushforward of the product measure μ.prod ν
under the addition map (x, y) ↦ x + y.
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L : ℝ → ℝ is slowly varying (at infinity) if it is positive on (0, ∞) and
L(cx) / L(x) → 1 as x → ∞ for every c > 0.
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The right tail probability μ((x, ∞)) as a real number.
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The left tail probability μ((-∞, -x]) as a real number.
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The two-sided tail μ(|X| > x) written as the sum of the right and left tails.
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A probability measure μ on ℝ is stable with index α ∈ (0, 2] if for every
n > 0 there exist constants aₙ > 0 and bₙ such that the n-fold convolution
μ * μ * ⋯ * μ equals the pushforward of μ under the affine map x ↦ aₙ x + bₙ.
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A measure μ on ℝ is nondegenerate if it is not a point mass δ_a for any a.
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The probability measure μ is in the domain of attraction of G if there exist
sequences of normalizing constants a n > 0 and centering constants b n such that
the law of (S_n - b n) / a n (where S_n has law μ^{*n}) converges weakly to G,
expressed here as integration against arbitrary bounded continuous functions.
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μ has tail balance with parameter p ∈ [0, 1] if the ratio of the right tail to
the combined two-sided tail tends to p as x → ∞, i.e. P(X > x) / P(|X| > x) → p.
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If μ lies in the domain of attraction of a nondegenerate probability measure G,
then G must be a stable law (with some index α ∈ (0, 2]).
μ is in the domain of attraction of index α if there exists a stable law G of
index α such that μ is in the domain of attraction of G.
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For α ∈ (0, 2), the tail conditions (regular variation of index -α for the
combined tail and existence of a tail balance parameter) are sufficient for μ to lie in
the domain of attraction of a stable law of index α.
Converse direction: if μ is in the domain of attraction of a stable law of index
α ∈ (0, 2), then the combined tail P(|X| > x) is regularly varying of index -α and
the right/combined tail ratio has a limit (tail balance).
Domain of attraction characterization for α < 2. For 0 < α < 2, μ is in
the domain of attraction of a stable law of index α if and only if combinedTail μ is
regularly varying with index -α and the right/combined tail ratio has a limit.
Domain of attraction characterization for α = 2 (Gaussian case). For a stable
law G of index 2 (Gaussian), μ lies in the domain of attraction of G if and only
if the truncated second-moment function x ↦ ∫_{[-x, x]} y^2 dμ(y) is slowly varying.
Theorem (Domain of attraction to stable random variable). Top-level wrapper:
for 0 < α < 2, μ is in the domain of attraction of a stable law of index α iff
its combined tail is regularly varying of index -α and tail balance holds.