Is there a central limit theorem for Median?

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Homework Statement


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 [itex]F(x - \theta)[/itex]
* Assume both [itex]F(0) = 1/2[/itex] and that the density [itex]f(0) > 0[/itex]

(these assumptions mean the population median is unique)

Then the sample median satisifies

[tex] \sqrt n \left(\hat \theta - \theta\right) \rightarrow n(0, \sigma^2)[/tex]

in distribution, where the asymptotic variance is given by

[tex] \sigma^2 = \frac 1 {4f^2(0)}[/tex]