Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2012 iii Paper 33 6 b Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-07
Let be independent and identically distributed random variables with mean and variance , and put , . Define the polygonal interpolationwith the endpoint . The Donsker invariance principle stateswhere is standard one-dimensional Brownian motion and the arrow denotes weak convergence of probability measures on this path space. Equivalently, the step interpolation converges in the Skorokhod space with its topology. The continuous interpolation version is sufficient for the maximum in part (c).