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Approximation to the ratio of a Gaussian CDF to PDF

Johnstone and Silverman (2005) claimed that for large x $\frac{1-\Phi(x)}{\phi(x)} \approx \frac{1}{x}$ where $\Phi(x)$ and $\phi(x)$ are the CDF and PDF for a normal random variable. I was able ...
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