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How often is the sum of independent random variables larger than a given number?

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Translated from Ukrainskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 34, No. 3, pp. 289–295, May–June, 1982.

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Gusak, D.V. How often is the sum of independent random variables larger than a given number?. Ukr Math J 34, 234–239 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01682110

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