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Let {a n , n≧0} be a sequence of real numbers. Its generating function is the power series
provided that it has a nonvanishing radius of convergence. In particular if the a n are probabilities then the radius of convergence is at least equal to one. We shall consider u as a real variable.
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Chung, K.L. (1960). The generating function. In: Markov Chains with Stationary Transition Probabilities. Die Grundlehren der Mathematischen Wissenschaften, vol 104. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-49686-8_10
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