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On a conjecture of T. Lewis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

D.N. Shanbhag
Affiliation:
Department of Probability and Statistics, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, England.
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Abstract

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In this note, Conjecture Cl of Toby Lewis (1976), concerning a reciprocal pair of characteristic variables, is shown to be false.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1977

References

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