A characteristic-function moment method #
The project only needs the one-dimensional Cramér--Wold form of the Gaussian moment method. This file derives it directly from Taylor's theorem for characteristic functions. An even moment controls the Taylor remainder uniformly, so convergence of all raw moments to a Gaussian law implies convergence of the characteristic function.
The degree-N-1 Taylor polynomial at frequency one, written in
terms of the first N raw moments.
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The norm of the 2q-th derivative of a characteristic function is
bounded by the corresponding even raw moment.
Taylor's theorem at frequency one, with the remainder controlled by
one even moment. The polynomial contains all degrees below 2(q+1).
Convergence of finitely many raw moments gives convergence of the corresponding characteristic-function Taylor polynomials.
One-dimensional Gaussian moment method, characteristic-function form. If all raw moments converge and the even-moment Taylor remainder of the target tends to zero, then the characteristic functions converge at frequency one.
The tail premise is precisely what Gaussian moment determinacy supplies; it is separated so this theorem is reusable for any moment-determinate target law.
The Taylor remainders supplied by the even moments of a centered Gaussian tend to zero.
Gaussian specialization of tendsto_charFun_one_of_moments.