Solution

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The root calculation for the Huber location estimator gives
Since and equality is attained for , its gross-error sensitivity is
Thus it is a B-robust estimator at the normal reference distribution. At a general centred distribution the same conclusion requires , in which case the bound is . Boundedness of the score alone does not rescue a zero sensitivity denominator.

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