Asymptotic expansions of convolutions of regularly varying distributions

Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 339-371

  Barbe, Philippe ^a   Mccormick, William P ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic expansion; Convolution; Convolution algebra; Heavy tail; Regular variation; Tail area

Indexed keywords

EID: 21344469694     PISSN: 14467887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1446788700008570     Document Type: Article

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