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Mat. Tr., 2021 Volume 24, Number 2, Pages 122–149 (Mi mt654)

On the accuracy of approximation of the binomial distribution by the Poisson law

S. V. Nagaev

Sobolev Institute of Mathematics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk

Abstract: We derive many new estimates for the proximity of the binomial distribution to the Poisson distribution in the uniform metric and propose a combined approach to estimating the distance in a uniform metric when, for small $n$ and large $p$, the estimation is performed on using a computer and, for the remaining values of $n$ and $p$, the estimates obtained analytically are used.

Key words: arithmetic distribution function, Bernoulli random variables, complex analysis, generation function, Poisson law.

UDC: 517.98

Received: 24.12.2020
Revised: 30.03.2021
Accepted: 31.03.2021

DOI: 10.33048/mattrudy.2021.24.208



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