Theory of Probability and Mathematical Statistics
On the Skorohod topology for functions with values in a completely regular space
Svante Janson
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Abstract: We correct a gap in the proof of a basic theorem by Jakubowski (1986) on the Skorohod topology on the space of functions on [0,1] with values in a completely regular topological space.
Keywords: Skorohod topology, completely regular spaces
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