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Geometry of the Central Limit Theorem in the Nonextensive Case

Statistical Mechanics 2009-11-13 v1

Abstract

We uncover geometric aspects that underlie the sum of two independent stochastic variables when both are governed by q-Gaussian probability distributions. The pertinent discussion is given in terms of random vectors uniformly distributed on a p-sphere.

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@article{arxiv.0901.4621,
  title  = {Geometry of the Central Limit Theorem in the Nonextensive Case},
  author = {C. Vignat and A. Plastino},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0901.4621},
  year   = {2009}
}

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