Stability and attraction to normality for lévy processes at zero and at infinity

Journal of Theoretical Probability

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 751-792

  Doney, R A ^a   Maller, R A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asymptotic normality; Domains of attraction; L vy processes; Relative stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005456546     PISSN: 08949840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016228101053     Document Type: Article

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