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On the asymptotic distribution of the maximum of sums of a random number of I.I.D. random variables

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    Prem S. Puri

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This investigation was supported in part by research grant GM-10525 from NIH, Public Health Service, at the University of California, Berkeley

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Puri, P.S. On the asymptotic distribution of the maximum of sums of a random number of I.I.D. random variables. Ann Inst Stat Math 29, 77–87 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02532776

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