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The Glivenko-Cantelli problem, ten years later

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We give simple proofs of previous characterizations of Glivenko-Cantelli classes.

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  1. Michel Talagrand

    Present address: Department of Mathematics, 231 West 18th Avenue, 43210, Columbus, Ohio

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  1. Equipe d'Analyse-Tour 46, U.A. au C.N.R.S. No. 754, Université Paris VI, 4 Pl. Jussieu, 75230, Paris Cedex 05, France

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Work partially supported by an NSF grant.

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Talagrand, M. The Glivenko-Cantelli problem, ten years later. J Theor Probab 9, 371–384 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02214655

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