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February, 1984 On the Bell-Shape of Stable Densities
Wolfgang Gawronski
Ann. Probab. 12(1): 230-242 (February, 1984). DOI: 10.1214/aop/1176993386

Abstract

The central result of this paper consists in proving that all stable densities are bell-shaped (i.e. its $k$th derivative has exactly $k$ zeros and they are simple) thereby generalizing the well-known property of the normal distribution and the associated Hermite polynomials.

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Wolfgang Gawronski. "On the Bell-Shape of Stable Densities." Ann. Probab. 12 (1) 230 - 242, February, 1984. https://doi.org/10.1214/aop/1176993386

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Published: February, 1984
First available in Project Euclid: 19 April 2007

zbMATH: 0544.60024
MathSciNet: MR723742
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1214/aop/1176993386

Subjects:
Primary: 60E07
Secondary: 30C15 , 42A38 , 60E10

Keywords: bell-shaped kernels , Stable densities , zeros of Fourier integrals

Rights: Copyright © 1984 Institute of Mathematical Statistics

Vol.12 • No. 1 • February, 1984
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