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van Harn, K., Steutel, F.W. & Vervaat, W. Self-decomposable discrete distributions and branching processes. Z. Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie verw Gebiete 61, 97–118 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00537228
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