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We investigate convergence in the cone of completely monotone functions. Particular attention is paid to the approximation of and by exponentials and stretched exponentials. The need for such an analysis is a consequence of the fact that although stretched exponentials can be approximated by sums of exponentials, exponentials cannot in general be approximated by sums of stretched exponentials.

Logarithmic asymptotics of the mean process {Sn∕n} are investigated in the presence of heavy-tailed increments. As a consequence, a full large deviations principle for means is obtained when the hazard function of an increment is regularly varying with index α∈(0,1). This class includes all stretched exponential distributions. Thus, the previous research of Gantert et al. (2014) is extended. Furthermore, the presented proofs are more transparent than the techniques used by Nagaev (1979). In addition, the novel approach is compatible with other common classes of distributions, e.g. those of lognormal type.

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APPROXIMATION OF AND BY COMPLETELY MONOTONE FUNCTIONS

Large deviations of means of heavy-tailed random variables with finite moments of all orders

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APPROXIMATION OF AND BY COMPLETELY MONOTONE FUNCTIONS

Large deviations of means of heavy-tailed random variables with finite moments of all orders