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A Coupling, and the Darling-Erdos Conjectures

Probability 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We derive a new coupling of the running maximum of an Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process and the running maximum of an explicit i.i.d. sequence. We use this coupling to verify a conjecture of Darling and Erdos (1956).

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@article{arxiv.math/0511429,
  title  = {A Coupling, and the Darling-Erdos Conjectures},
  author = {Davar Khoshnevisan and David A. Levin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0511429},
  year   = {2007}
}

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13 pages