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The Central Limit Theorem states that, in the limit of a large number of terms, an appropriately scaled sum of independent random variables yields another random variable whose probability distribution tends to a stable distribution. The…
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Using the explicit formula of P. G\'erard, we characterize the zero-dispersion limit for solutions of the Benjamin--Ono equation on the circle $\mathbb{T}= \mathbb{R}/2\pi\mathbb{Z}$ with bounded initial data $u_0\in…
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A strengthened version of the central limit theorem for discrete random variables is established, relying only on information-theoretic tools and elementary arguments. It is shown that the relative entropy between the standardised sum of…
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An optimal bound on the quantiles of a certain kind of distributions is given. Such a bound is used in applications to Berry--Esseen-type bounds for nonlinear statistics.
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