A mathematically justified algorithm is presented for the calculation of all stationary points of probability density of a finite mixture of normal distributions with equal variances and different means taken with their prior probabilities under the condition that distribution parameters are known.
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Translated from Statisticheskie Metody Otsenivaniya i Proverki Gipotez, Vol. 18, pp. 128–137, 2005
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Aprausheva, N.N., Mollaverdi, N. & Sorokin, S.V. An Algorithm to Calculate Extrema of Probability Density of Normal Distributions’ Mixtures. J Math Sci 205, 12–17 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10958-015-2224-9
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