The Kaplan-Meier estimator for left censored data is studied as the solution of a backward Doleans equation. The compact differentiability techniques are used to prove the strong consistency and the weak convergence of this estimator.
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New Jersey Inst Technol, Ctr Appl Math & Stat, Dept Math Sci, Newark, NJ 07102 USANew Jersey Inst Technol, Ctr Appl Math & Stat, Dept Math Sci, Newark, NJ 07102 USA