Solution

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A maximum-likelihood estimate is a measurable maximizer of over . Under identifiability, consistency conditions, an interior true parameter, sufficient differentiability and finite positive Fisher information, the standard limits are
The variance in the normal distribution is the reciprocal of the per-observation Fisher information, not of . Strong consistency needs additional hypotheses if it is to replace convergence in probability; the regular asymptotic result stated here does not require claiming it.

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