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April 2008 Convexity of the median in the gamma distribution
Christian Berg, Henrik L. Pedersen
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Ark. Mat. 46(1): 1-6 (April 2008). DOI: 10.1007/s11512-006-0037-2

Abstract

We show that the median m(x) in the gamma distribution with parameter x is a strictly convex function on the positive half-line.

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Christian Berg. Henrik L. Pedersen. "Convexity of the median in the gamma distribution." Ark. Mat. 46 (1) 1 - 6, April 2008. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11512-006-0037-2

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Received: 5 October 2006; Revised: 2 November 2006; Published: April 2008
First available in Project Euclid: 31 January 2017

zbMATH: 05319828
MathSciNet: MR2379680
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1007/s11512-006-0037-2

Rights: 2007 © Institut Mittag-Leffler

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