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On random simplices in product distributions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Hiroshi Maehara
Hiroshi Maehara*
Affiliation:
Ryukyu University
*
∗Postal address: Department of Mathematics, Ryukyu University, Naha, Okinawa, Japan.
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Abstract

It is proved that the r-dimensional volume Vn of the r-simplex spanned by r + 1 sample points taken from the n-fold product distribution of a distribution F is asymptotically normal as n →∞.

Keywords

RANDOM SIMPLEXPRODUCT DISTRIBUTIONASYMPTOTIC NORMALITY OF VOLUME
Type
Short Communications
Information
Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 17 , Issue 2 , June 1980 , pp. 553 - 558
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1980 

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