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Some results on convergence rates for weighted averages

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Hanson, D.L. (1970). Some results on convergence rates for weighted averages. In: Contributions to Ergodic Theory and Probability. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 160. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0060646

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