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Using the expectation of a particular random set, we present a multivariate extension of a characterization theorem involving extreme order statistics.
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Vitale, R.A. Expected convex hulls, order statistics, and Banach space probabilities. Acta Applicandae Mathematicae 9, 97–102 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00580824
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