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On the limit distribution of the maximum of a random number of independent random variables

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA

    O. Barndorff-Nielsen

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This work was supported in part by the Office of Naval Research, Contract Nonr 225 (28) at Stanford University.

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Barndorff-Nielsen, O. On the limit distribution of the maximum of a random number of independent random variables. Acta Mathematica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 15, 399–403 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01897148

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