On the curvature of the trigamma function (Q1078380)

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On the curvature of the trigamma function
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    On the curvature of the trigamma function (English)
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    1986
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    Let \(\psi '(x)=d^ 2 \ln \Gamma (x)/dx^ 2\) be the trigamma function. The author proves that \(x\psi\) '(x) is strictly monotonic decreasing for \(x>0\). Two bounds for \(\psi\) '(x) if \(x>0\) are also derived which are sharper than known inequalities. The monotonicity property is relevant in certain fields of statistics. Note that in equation (1.1a), a factor t is missing in the integrand.
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    maximum likelihood estimation
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