Brands, J. J. A. M.; Steutel, F. W.; Wilms, R. J. G. - In: Statistics & Probability Letters 20 (1994) 3, pp. 209-217
Let Mn = max(N1,..., Nn), where N1, N2, ... are i.i.d., positive, integer-valued r.v.'s. We are interested in Kn, the number of values of j [epsilon] {1, 2, ..., n} for which Nj = Mn, especially for large values of n. There is strong evidence that Kn either tends to one or to infinity, or...