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Title: Charles Stein and invariance: Beginning with the Hunt–Stein theorem
Award ID(s):
1916245
PAR ID:
10314994
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
The Annals of Statistics
Volume:
49
Issue:
4
ISSN:
0090-5364
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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