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On limiting laws for the convex hull of a sample

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Henk Brozius  and
Laurens De Haan
Henk Brozius*
Affiliation:
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
Laurens De Haan*
Affiliation:
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
*
∗Postal address: Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, Postbus 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
∗Postal address: Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, Postbus 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Abstract

The limiting behaviour of the convex hull of a sample in is studied using the support function. Results like that of Eddy and Gale (1981) are proved without the condition of spherical symmetry from that paper.

Keywords

MULTIDIMENSIONAL EXTREMESEXTREME VALUES
Type
Research Papers
Information
Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 24 , Issue 4 , December 1987 , pp. 852 - 862
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1987 

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