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Hájek's projection method is used to prove asymptotic normality for a class of spacings statistics.
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Koziol, J.A. A note on limiting distributions for spacings statistics. Z. Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie verw Gebiete 51, 55–62 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00533817
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