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Some central limit analogues for supercritical Galton-Watson processes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

C. C. Heyde
C. C. Heyde*
Affiliation:
Australian National University
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It is possible to interpret the classical central limit theorem for sums of independent random variables as a convergence rate result for the law of large numbers. For example, if Xi, i = 1, 2, 3, ··· are independent and identically distributed random variables with EXi = μ, var Xi = σ2 < ∞ and then the central limit theorem can be written in the form This provides information on the rate of convergence in the strong law as . (“a.s.” denotes almost sure convergence.) It is our object in this paper to discuss analogues for the super-critical Galton-Watson process.

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Research Papers
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Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , March 1971 , pp. 52 - 59
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Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1971 

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