µ-Integrable Functions and Weak Convergence of Probability Measures in Complete Paranormed Spaces

This paper works with functions defined in metric spaces and takes values in complete paranormed vector spaces or in Banach spaces, and proves some necessary and sufficient conditions for weak convergence of probability measures. Our main result is as follows: Let X be a complete paranormed vector space and Ω an arbitrary metric space, then a sequence { μ n } of probability measures is weakly convergent to a probability measure μ if and only if lim n → ∞ ∫ Ω g ( s ) d μ n = ∫ Ω g ( s ) d μ for every bounded continuous function g : Ω → X . A special case is as the following: if X is a Banach space, Ω an arbitrary metric space, then { μ n } is weakly convergent to μ if and only if lim n → ∞ ∫ Ω g ( s ) d μ n = ∫ Ω g ( s ) d μ for every bounded continuous function g : Ω → X . Our theorems and corollaries in the article modified or generalized some recent results regarding the convergence of sequences of measures.