A new proof, based on the duality theorem of linear programming, is given of a theorem of V. Strassen, which states essentially that the minimum distance between random variables with given ...

The Annals of Mathematical Statistics, Vol. 43, No. 5 (Oct., 1972), pp. 1719-1726 (8 pages) Let {Xn, n ≥ 1} be a sequence of random variables such that for suitably ...

Density functions are nonnegative for all real numbers but greater than zero only at a finite or countably infinite number of points. Density functions are nonnegative for all real numbers and are ...

The world is full of uncertainty: accidents, storms, unruly financial markets, noisy communications. The world is also full of data. Probabilistic modeling and the related field of statistical ...