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On the number of maxima in a discrete sample

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  • Brands, J. J. A. M.
  • Steutel, F. W.
  • Wilms, R. J. G.

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Let Mn = max(N1,..., Nn), where N1, N2, ... are i.i.d., positive, integer-valued r.v.'s. We are interested in Kn, the number of values of j [epsilon] {1, 2, ..., n} for which Nj = Mn, especially for large values of n. There is strong evidence that Kn either tends to one or to infinity, or diverges in distribution as n tends to infinity. An interesting example of the latter type occurs when N1 has a geometric distribution. There is an application of results on Kn to the behaviour of the fractional parts of sample maxima from non-integer populations.

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  • Brands, J. J. A. M. & Steutel, F. W. & Wilms, R. J. G., 1994. "On the number of maxima in a discrete sample," Statistics & Probability Letters, Elsevier, vol. 20(3), pages 209-217, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:stapro:v:20:y:1994:i:3:p:209-217
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