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The force from one location is defined almost surely, since the uniform distribution assigns probability zero to the origin. Symmetry of that uniform distribution makes its characteristic function real:Near zero the integrand is bounded by $2$. For large $x$ it is at most $m^2{t}^2/(2x^4)$. The monotone convergence theorem therefore gives the finite integralIndependence of the locations gives the characteristic function of the total force as $q_n(t{)}^n$. For fixed $t$, $I_n(t)$ is bounded, so Taylor expansion of the logarithm givesThe logarithm is legitimate for all sufficiently large $n$.

For $t\ne 0$, substitute $u=m|t|/x^2$. The cosine integral for a symmetric stable exponent, evaluated directly in part (b), givesAt $t=0$ both sides vanish. The limiting characteristic function is continuous at zero, so the Lévy continuity theorem proves weak convergence of random variables to the symmetric stable distribution of index $1/2$ withThe coefficient reflects the spatial density $n/(2n)=1/2$. Symmetry was used in the characteristic function, without assuming that the singular force has a finite mean.

Interpret the signed inverse-power force as $m\mathrm{sign}(x)/|x{|}^p$, so noninteger $p$ is meaningful on either side of the origin. Write $\alpha =1/p\in (0,2)$. Exactly as in part (a), the one-star characteristic function is $1-I_{n,p}(t)/n$, whereThe integrand is bounded near zero and is at most $m^2{t}^2/(2x^{2p})$ at infinity. The condition $2p>1$ thus makes its integral finite. Independence and the logarithm calculation in part (a) give the limiting characteristic function $\exp (-I_p(t))$, withHere we substituted $u=m|t|/x^p$. The integral for $J_{\alpha }$ is finite because its integrand is $O(u^{1-\alpha })$ at zero and $O(u^{-1-\alpha })$ at infinity.

To determine the constant rather than leave it as an unevaluated integral, use the Gamma function representationThe integrand multiplied by $1-\cos u$ is nonnegative, so the Tonelli theorem permits exchanging the integrals. For $v>0$ the inner integral isConsequently, substituting $z=v^2$ and using the Euler beta function and Gamma reflection formula,Since $\Gamma (1+\alpha )=\alpha \Gamma (\alpha )$, this givesEvery factor in $c_p$ is positive in the stated range. The Lévy continuity theorem gives weak convergence of random variables because this characteristic function is continuous at zero. The limit is strictly stable: if $Z_1,Z_2$ are independent copies of it, the characteristic function of $a{Z}_1+b{Z}_2$ iswhich is the characteristic function of $(|a{|}^{\alpha }+|b{|}^{\alpha }{)}^{1/\alpha }{Z}_1$. This proves the asserted index, as well as identifying the symmetric stable distribution. In particular $p=2$ gives $c_2=\sqrt{\pi m/2}$, while $p=1$ gives $c_1=\pi m/2$, the centered Cauchy distribution with that scale.

Place equal masses at points of a homogeneous Poisson point process of intensity $\rho$ on the line, and truncate their signed inverse-power forces symmetrically at radius $R$. For force $m\mathrm{sign}(x)/|x{|}^p$, with $\alpha =1/p\in (0,2)$, the characteristic exponent tends to $-2\rho {\int }_0^{\infty }(1-\cos (mt/x^p))dx$. The cosine integral for a symmetric stable exponent evaluates it as displayed. Thus the weak limit is a symmetric stable distribution. Symmetric truncation is important when the far-field force series is not absolutely summable.