Extremes

, Volume 8, Issue 4, pp 357–370 | Cite as

Limit distributions for the bivariate geometric maxima

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Abstract

Limit laws are established for the behavior of (max X i , max Y i ) when (X i , Y i ) are independent and distributed according to a bivariate geometric distribution.

Keywords

Maxima Bivariate geometric distribution Limit theorems 

AMS 2000 Subject Classification

Primary—60F99 60G70 Secondary—62E20 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Department of MathematicsFaculty of AviationPlevenBulgaria
  2. 2.Department of MathematicsMarshall UniversityHuntingtonUSA
  3. 3.Department of StatisticsUniversity of NebraskaLincolnUSA

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