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• Example 2. Let = P <br />

1 with exponentially<br />

distributed with mean −1 ,asabove. The<br />

exact (‘Erlang’) density is<br />

exact<br />

<br />

() = ()−1 −<br />

( 0)<br />

( − 1)!<br />

The normal approximation is<br />

Normal<br />

<br />

() = √ <br />

<br />

à !<br />

− <br />

√ <br />

The two-term Edgeworth expansion (Lecture 4)<br />

results <strong>in</strong><br />

Edgeworth<br />

<br />

= Normal<br />

<br />

() ·<br />

()<br />

⎛ µ<br />

3<br />

⎜<br />

⎝ 1+ 3 √ <br />

<br />

− √ <br />

+ ³ −1´<br />

Note that this is negative if is sufficiently far<br />

from the mean .<br />

To get the saddlepo<strong>in</strong>t approximation note that<br />

µ<br />

() =− log 1 − <br />

<br />

<br />

⎞<br />

⎟<br />

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