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On the law of the iterated logarithm for inter-record times

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

William E. Strawderman  and
Paul T. Holmes
William E. Strawderman
Affiliation:
Rutgers University
Paul T. Holmes
Affiliation:
Rutgers University
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Let X1, X2, X3, ··· be independent, identically distributed random variables on a probability space (Ω, F, P); and with a continuous distribution function. Let the sequence of indices {Vr} be defined as Also define The following theorem is due to Renyi [5].

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Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , August 1970 , pp. 432 - 439
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Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1970 

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