On a relationship between Uspensky's theorem and Poisson approximations

DOI10.1007/BF00049425zbMath0675.60027MaRDI QIDQ1122213

Paul Deheuvels, Dietmar Pfeifer

Publication date: 1988

Published in: Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

Poisson convolution semigroup; Sharpness of Poisson versus normal approximations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

60F99: Limit theorems in probability theory

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