Rate of convergence in the multidimensional central limit theorem for stationary processes. Application to the knudsen gas and to the sinai billiard

Annals of Applied Probability

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2331-2392

  Pène, Françoise ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^b UFR SCIENCES ET TECHNIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Kantorovich metric; Multidimensional central limit theorem; Prokhorov metric; Rate of convergence

Indexed keywords

EID: 30844472195     PISSN: 10505164     EISSN: 10505164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/105051605000000476     Document Type: Article

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