Secret communication over public channels is one of the central pillars of a modern information society. Using quantum key distribution this is achieved without relying on the hardness of mathematical ...

Stochastic dominance (SD) theory is concerned with orderings of random variables by classes of utility functions characterized solely in terms of general properties. This paper discusses a type of ...

Several theorems are stated which are useful in establishing whether a given sequence of averages of independent but not identically distributed random variables does or does not satisfy the weak ...