On the unimodality of infinitely divisible distribution functions II

  • Stephen James Wolfe
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Part of the Lecture Notes in Mathematics book series (LNM, volume 861)

Abstract

A great deal of work has been done during the last 45 years concerning the unimodality of one-dimensional infinitely divisible distribution functions. Recently, a few results have been obtained for multivariate infinitely divisible distribution functions. The purpose of this paper is to give a survey of previous work and to discuss some unsolved problems.

Keywords

Distribution Function Independent Random Variable Symmetric Operator Bution Function Multivariate Distribution Function 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Stephen James Wolfe
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of Mathematical SciencesUniversity of DelawareNewark

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