kn: A function returning a positive integer that is used in the definition of the Rènyi-type statistic effectively setting the bounds over which the maximum is taken
n: The sample size for each realization
gen_func: The function generating the random sample from which the statistic is computed
args: A list of arguments to be passed to gen_func
sd: The square root of the second moment of the data
Returns
A vector of simulated realizations of the Rènyi-type statistic