Abstract
The number of local maxima of the Cauchy location likelihood function which are not global maxima is asymptotically Poisson distributed with mean parameter $1/\pi.$
Citation
James A. Reeds. "Asymptotic Number of Roots of Cauchy Location Likelihood Equations." Ann. Statist. 13 (2) 775 - 784, June, 1985. https://doi.org/10.1214/aos/1176349554
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