Solution

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Let be independent and identically distributed random variables with the standard Cauchy distribution, whose probability density function is
Its first absolute moment diverges since
On the other hand, its characteristic function is . The characteristic function of a sum of independent variables therefore gives
Thus the stability of the Cauchy distribution implies that has the standard Cauchy distribution for every . In particular,
where is standard Cauchy and denotes convergence in distribution.

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