Some limit theorems for the empirical process indexed by functions

Summary Let,n1, be a sequence of classes of real-valued measurable functions defined on a probability space (S,,P). Under weak metric entropy conditions on,n1, and under growth conditions on we show that there are non-zero numerical constantsC₁ andC₂ such that where (n) is a non-decreasing function ofn related to the metric entropy of. A few applications of this general result are considered: we obtain a.s. rates of uniform convergence for the empirical process indexed by intervals as well as a.s. rates of uniform convergence for the empirical characteristic function over expanding intervals.Portions of this article were presented during the conference on Mathematical Stochastics (February 19–25, 1984) at Oberwolfach, West Germany