Is there a central limit theorem for Median?

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Hi, We know the famous central limit theorem for means.
I wonder if there is a central limit theorem for Median?
If so under what regularity condition, does the median converge to a normal distribution with mean and variance equal to what?

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One of the simplest results is this:
* Assume the model is F(x - \theta)
* Assume both F(0) = 1/2 and that the density f(0) > 0

(these assumptions mean the population median is unique)

Then the sample median satisifies

<br /> \sqrt n \left(\hat \theta - \theta\right) \rightarrow n(0, \sigma^2)<br />

in distribution, where the asymptotic variance is given by

<br /> \sigma^2 = \frac 1 {4f^2(0)}<br />
 
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