Another proof of a slow convergence result of Birgé
✍ Scribed by Luc Devroye
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 184 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-7152
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