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On distributions whose moments are majorated by the moments of a known distribution*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

R. G. Laha
Affiliation:
The Catholic University of America.
Eugene Lukacs
Affiliation:
The Catholic University of America.
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Let F(x) be a distribution function and denote by its characteristic function and by its moment of order k H. Milicer-Grużewska [2]has derived the following theorem: Suppose that F(x) has moments of all orders and that they satisfy the relations. where while C is a positive constant. Then f(t) is an entire function of order not exceeding two. The proof given by H. Milicer-Gruzewska is rather complicated, moreover the restriction (1.2) seems to be artificial and motivated only by the particular method of proof. We note that condition (1.1) means that the moments of F (x) are majorated by the moments of a normal distribution and we use this remark to generalize the problem.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1959

References

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