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Two theoretical and three empirical densities from simulations (N = 100,000) estimated with the Gaussian kernel for parabolic regression, β = 0.5, σ = 0.5. The left bump reflects the existence of the false NLS estimate. The probability that the sum of squares has two local minima, computed by formula (25), is 0.026.
