A probabilistic approach to the asymptotic distribution of sums of independent, identically distributed random variables

DOI10.1016/0196-8858(88)90016-4zbMath0657.60029MaRDI QIDQ1110899

David M. Mason, Sándor Csörgö, Erich Haeusler

Publication date: 1988

Published in: Advances in Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0196-8858(88)90016-4

zbMATH Keywords

domain of attraction; sums; infinitely divisible law; asymptotic distribution of lightly trimmed; partial attraction

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

60F05: Central limit and other weak theorems

60G50: Sums of independent random variables; random walks

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