Characterizations of uniform and exponential distributions (Q1116570)

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Characterizations of uniform and exponential distributions
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    Characterizations of uniform and exponential distributions (English)
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    The uniform distribution can be characterized by an equality involving only two moments of order statistics. Similarly, the exponential distribution can be characterized by an equality involving only two moments of record values.
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    uniform distribution
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    moments of order statistics
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    exponential distribution
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    moments of record values
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