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Two-term bounds for Mills ratio (x−1−x−3<r(x)<x−1)

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Two successive integrations by parts of the standard normal density tail give positive remainder integrals establishing these strict inequalities for every x>0. The lower bound can be negative at small x without invalidating the inequality.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2015 / ia / Paper 2 / 10F / Solution

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