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The asymptotic expansions of the distributions of the sums of independent identically distributed random variables are given by Edgeworth type expansions when moments do not necessarily exist, but when the density can be approximated by rational functions.
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Takeuchi, K., Akahira, M. Extension of Edgeworth type expansion of the distribution of the sums of I.I.D. random variables in non-regular cases. Ann Inst Stat Math 29, 397–406 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02532800
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