Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface VII
3. Contents IX
4. Graphs XVII
5. Chapter One: Aims and Tools 1
6. Chapter Two: Order Statistics and their Exceedances 42
7. Chapter Three: Exact Distribution of Extremes 75
8. Chapter Four: Analytical Study of Extremes 113
9. Chapter Five: The First Asymptotic Distribution 156
10. Chapter Six: Uses of the First Asymptote 201
11. Chapter Seven: The Second and Third Asymptotes 255
12. Chapter Eight: The Range 306
13. Summary 345
14. Bibliography 349
15. Index 373