Past exam of the probability course of the University of Oxford / 2021 / 1 / b / ii / Solution

The definition of convergence in distribution gives $F_n(t)\to F(t)$ at each continuity point $t$ of $F$. We must handle a moving argument rather than assume this convergence is uniform.

A cumulative distribution function has at most countably many discontinuities: each is a jump of positive size, and there are at most $r$ jumps of size at least $1/r$, since their sizes sum to at most one. Thus we can choose continuity points $u_j<c<v_j$ with $u_j\uparrow c$ and $v_j\downarrow c$. For fixed $j$, eventually $u_j<c_n<v_j$. The monotonicity of each cumulative distribution function impliesFirst let $n\to \infty$, using the definition of convergence in distribution at $u_j,v_j$. Then let $j\to \infty$, using continuity at $c$:No result relating different convergence of random variables has been assumed.