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Limit laws for maxima of a stationary random sequence with random sample size

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Let {X n } be a stationary sequence and {k n } be a nondecreasing sequence such that k n+1/k n r≥1. Assume that the limit distribution G of \(M_{k_{n}}\) with an appropriate linear normalization exists. We consider the maxima M n =max {X i ,in} sampled at random times T n , where T n /k n converges in probability to a positive random variable D, and show that the limit distribution of \(M_{T_{n}}\) exists under weak mixing conditions. The limit distribution of \(M_{T_{n}}\) is a mixture of G and the distribution of D.

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Freitas, A., Hüsler, J. & Temido, M.G. Limit laws for maxima of a stationary random sequence with random sample size. TEST 21, 116–131 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11749-011-0238-2

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