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On the unimodality of infinitely divisible distribution functions II

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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.

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  • Distribution Function
  • Independent Random Variable
  • Symmetric Operator
  • Bution Function
  • Multivariate Distribution Function

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Wolfe, S.J. (1981). On the unimodality of infinitely divisible distribution functions II. In: Dugué, D., Lukacs, E., Rohatgi, V.K. (eds) Analytical Methods in Probability Theory. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 861. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0097324

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