Nemirovski's inequalities revisited

American Mathematical Monthly

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 138-160

  Dümbgen, Lutz ^a   Van De Geer, Sara A ^b   Veraar, Mark C ^c   Wellner, Jon A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 76749150068     PISSN: 00029890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4169/000298910X476059     Document Type: Article

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