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Partly divisible probability distributions

  • Sergio Albeverio , Hanno Gottschalk and Jiang-Lun Wu
Published/Copyright: March 11, 2008
Forum Mathematicum
From the journal Volume 10 Issue 6

Abstract

Given a probability distribution μ a set Λ(μ) of positive real numbers is introduced, so that Λ(μ) measures the “divisibility” of μ. The basic properties of Λ(μ) are described and examples of probability distributions are given, which exhibit the existence of a continuum of situations interpolating the extreme cases of infinitely and minimally divisible probability distributions.


(Communicated by Masatoshi Fukushima)


Received: 1996-12-16
Accepted: 1997-04-22
Published Online: 2008-03-11
Published in Print: 1998-11-01

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