Monotonic approach to central limits
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Abstract:
The approach to limits guaranteed by the Central Limit Theorem appears to be monotonic in many cases. A variety of empirical examples are discussed. Proofs are given for some special cases of the binomial, gamma, and Poisson distributions.References
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Additional Information
- Jonathan M. Kane
- Affiliation: Department of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, 800 West Main Street, Whitewater, Wisconsin 53190-1790
- Email: kanej@mail.uww.edu
- Received by editor(s): May 24, 1999
- Received by editor(s) in revised form: November 15, 1999
- Published electronically: November 22, 2000
- Communicated by: Wei-Yin Loh
- © Copyright 2000 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 129 (2001), 2127-2133
- MSC (2000): Primary 62E20, 62F12, 62F05
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-00-05776-2
- MathSciNet review: 1825926