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A weak law of large numbers for maxima

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A weak law of large numbers related to the classical Gnedenko results for maxima (see Gnedenko, Ann Math 44:423–453, 1943) is established.

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Szewczak, Z.S. A weak law of large numbers for maxima. Extremes 14, 325–341 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10687-010-0113-7

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