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This paper is based on the author's doctoral dissertation presented to the Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms UniversitÄt in Bonn.
The author wishes to express his thanks to Professor Dr. W. Vogel for his encouragement and criticism.
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van Beek, P. An application of Fourier methods to the problem of sharpening the Berry-Esseen inequality. Z. Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie verw Gebiete 23, 187–196 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00536558
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