An application of a density transform and the local limit theorem

Theory of Probability and its Applications

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 699-707

  Cacoullos, T ^a   Papadatos, N ^b   Papathanasiou, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Density transform; Local limit theorem for densities; Total variation distance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036455622     PISSN: 0040585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0040585X97979366     Document Type: Article

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