A new proof, based on the duality theorem of linear programming, is given of a theorem of V. Strassen, which states essentially that the minimum distance between random variables with given ...

The Annals of Mathematical Statistics, Vol. 43, No. 5 (Oct., 1972), pp. 1719-1726 (8 pages) Let {Xn, n ≥ 1} be a sequence of random variables such that for suitably ...

Random Matrix Theory (RMT) has emerged as an indispensable framework for understanding the statistical properties of matrices whose entries are determined by probabilistic processes. Initially ...

At many physiological and anatomical levels in the brain, the distribution of numerous parameters is strongly skewed with a heavy tail and typically follows a lognormal distribution. The power and ...