Best-possible bounds for the distribution of a sum -- a problem of Kolmogorov

DOI10.1007/BF00569989zbMath0586.60016MaRDI QIDQ1071367

Roger B. Nelsen, M. J. Frank, Berthold Schweizer

Publication date: 1987

Published in: Probability Theory and Related Fields (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

best-possible bounds for the distribution function; question of equality

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

60E15: Inequalities; stochastic orderings

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