A stationary,pairwise independent,absolutely regular sequence for which the central limit theorem fails

Summary A strictly stationary finite-state non-degenerate random sequence is constructed which satisfies pairwise independence and absolute regularity but fails to satisfy a central limit theorem. The mixing rate for absolute regularity is only slightly slower than that in a corresponding central limit theorem of Ibragimov.This work was partially supported by NSF grant DMS 86-00399