Interpenetrating subspaces as a funnel to extra space

New solution for two interpenetrating universes is found. Higher derivative gravity acting in 6-dimensional space is the basis of the study that allows to obtain stable solution without introducing matter of any sort. Stability of the solution is maintained by a difference between asymptotic behavior at spacial infinities. For an external observer such a funnel looks similar to a spherical wormhole.Comment: 10 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in Phys. Lett. B, revised versio

Central limit theorem and Diophantine approximations

Let $F_n$ denote the distribution function of the normalized sum $Z_n = (X_1 + \dots + X_n)/\sigma\sqrt{n}$ of i.i.d. random variables with finite fourth absolute moment. In this paper, polynomial rates of convergence of $F_n$ to the normal law with respect to the Kolmogorov distance, as well as polynomial approximations of $F_n$ by the Edgeworth corrections (modulo logarithmically growing factors in $n$) are given in terms of the characteristic function of $X_1$. Particular cases of the problem are discussed in connection with Diophantine approximations