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In this paper we discuss a number of technical issues associated with conditional weak convergence. The main modes of convergence of conditional probability distributions areuniform, probability, andalmost sure convergence in the conditioning variable. General results regarding conditional convergence are obtained, including details of sufficient conditions for each mode of convergence, and characterization theorems for uniform conditional convergence.
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Sweeting, T.J. On conditional weak convergence. J Theor Probab 2, 461–474 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01051878
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