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Localized large sums of random variables

arXiv:math/0608411

Abstract

We study large partial sums, localized with respect to the sums of variances, of a sequence of centered random variables. An application is given to the distribution of prime factors of typical integers.

8 pages; small changes suggested by the referee. To appear in Stat. Prob. Letters

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