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We show that the Huber-Strassen theorem can be applied to many common robust neighborhood models without restrictive compactness assumptions. Our method is to replace the original Polish topology with a compact topology, which is possible according to the Kuratowski isomorphism theorem.
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This work was supported by the following grants:NSF, MCS-8304234 and DMS-8504359;ONR, N00014-81-k-0095;DoE, DE-FG06-85ER25006
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Buja, A. On the Huber-Strassen theorem. Probab. Th. Rel. Fields 73, 149–152 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01845998
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