Let be i.i.d. random variables following a standard normal distribution . For a continuously differentiable function , consider the following random variable:
Well, the equation itself looks a lot like gaussian quadrature, so I thought maybe this has something to do with it...
EDIT1:
I just realized that this is essentially a sum of random variables following a standard normal distribution, so the sum also follows a standard normal distribution.
Then, we have
So, converges in distribution to a normal distribution, due to the central limit theorem?
EDIT 2: Thank you to those who have commented. I now have for .
Then would intuitively converge to a normal distribution with the above average and variance, but how can I show this more rigorously?