An elementary approach to extreme values theory

2008/11/05 by Philippe Barbe, Barbe, Philippe
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paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0811.0753

14 pages

arxiv created 2008/11/05 · openalex publication_date 2008/11/05 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

This note presents a rather intuitive approach to extreme value theory. This approach was devised mostly for pedagogical reason.

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