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Let \(t_k\) be independent random variables uniformly distributed on \([0,1]\), and let \(a_k(t)\) be continuous functions on \([0,1]\). Then, under suitable conditions on the functions \(a_k\), it is shown that \(\sum_{k=1}^\infty a_k(t_k)\) has a distribution function \(p(u)\) satisfying a rather precise decay condition. Theorems of this type are not new. Indeed, the reviewer's paper [Acta Arith. 60, 389-415 (1992; Zbl 0739.11036)] provides such a result, in effect. However, the version represented here is sharper than those given hitherto. The author deduces from his theorem that the distribution functions for the error terms in both the Dirichlet divisor problem and the circle problem are \(O(\exp(-C|x|^4))\), for some constant \(C> 0\). Similarly he shows that the distribution function associated to the real (or imaginary) part of \(\log \zeta(\sigma+ it)\) is of order \[ \exp\{-C|x|^{1/(1-\sigma)} (\log|x|)^{\sigma/(1-\sigma)}\} \] for fixed \(\sigma\in (1/2,1)\). For the entire collection see [Zbl 0896.00021].