An Edgeworth expansion approximates a probability density function by a normal distribution multiplied by Hermite polynomials encoding higher cumulants. For a centered variable of variance and third cumulant ,The correction follows from inverse-transforming the cubic term of the cumulant-generating function. It is an asymptotic approximation near the bulk of the distribution; truncation can give a negative result in far tails.
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