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Erdős-Rényi-Type Functional Limit Laws for Renewal Processes

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High Dimensional Probability VII

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We prove functional limit laws for Erdős-Rényi-type increments of renewal processes.

Mathematics Subject Classification (2010). Primary 60F15, 60F17; Secondary 60F10, 60K05

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  1. LSTA, UPMC, t15-25, E2, 4 place Jussieu, F-75252, Paris Cedex 05, France

    Paul Deheuvels

  2. Mathematical Institute, University of Cologne, Weyertal 86-90, 50931, Köln, Germany

    Joseph G. Steinebach

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  1. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    Christian Houdré

  2. University of Delaware, Department of Applied Economics and Stat University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA

    David M. Mason

  3. Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Laboratoire J.A. Dieudonné, Université Côte d’Azur, Nice, France

    Patricia Reynaud-Bouret

  4. Department of Mathematics, University of Tennessee Department of Mathematics, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

    Jan Rosiński

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Deheuvels, P., Steinebach, J.G. (2016). Erdős-Rényi-Type Functional Limit Laws for Renewal Processes. In: Houdré, C., Mason, D., Reynaud-Bouret, P., Rosiński, J. (eds) High Dimensional Probability VII. Progress in Probability, vol 71. Birkhäuser, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40519-3_10

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