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Khinchin's theorem on the infinite divisibility of the limit of an infinitesimal triangular array of distributions is extended to distributions on a broad class of groups.

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    Imre Z. Ruzsa

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Ruzsa, I.Z. Infinite divisibility II. J Theor Probab 1, 327–339 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01048723

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