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January, 1988 The Central Limit Theorem and Poincare-Type Inequalities
Louis H. Y. Chen
Ann. Probab. 16(1): 300-304 (January, 1988). DOI: 10.1214/aop/1176991902

Abstract

We use Poincare-type inequalities to prove the sufficiency and necessity of the Lindeberg condition in the central limit theorem.

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Louis H. Y. Chen. "The Central Limit Theorem and Poincare-Type Inequalities." Ann. Probab. 16 (1) 300 - 304, January, 1988. https://doi.org/10.1214/aop/1176991902

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Published: January, 1988
First available in Project Euclid: 19 April 2007

zbMATH: 0646.60029
MathSciNet: MR920272
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1214/aop/1176991902

Subjects:
Primary: 60F05
Secondary: 26D10 , 60E15

Keywords: central limit theorem , characterization of the normal distribution , Poincare-type inequalities

Rights: Copyright © 1988 Institute of Mathematical Statistics

Vol.16 • No. 1 • January, 1988
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