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On the Komlós–Révész SLLN for dependent variables

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The Komlós–Révész strong law of large numbers (SLLN) is extended and proved for two dependent families of random variables.

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Szewczak, Z.S. On the Komlós–Révész SLLN for dependent variables. Acta Math. Hungar. 156, 47–55 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10474-018-0861-4

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