An extremal problem for Fourier transforms of probabilities (Q2565525)

From MaRDI portal

!

This is the item page for this Wikibase entity, intended for internal use and editing purposes. Please use the normal view instead:

scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2208765
Language Label Description Also known as
default for all languages
No label defined
    English
    An extremal problem for Fourier transforms of probabilities
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2208765

      Statements

      An extremal problem for Fourier transforms of probabilities (English)
      0 references
      0 references
      0 references
      27 September 2005
      0 references
      Let \(\Phi\) be the set of all characteristic functions of one-dimensional probability distributions, \(\Phi_T=\{\varphi\in\Phi:\varphi(T)=0\}\), \(T>0\), and \(M_T(t)=\sup_{\varphi\in\Phi_T}| \varphi(t)| \). Then \(M_T(t)=\cos (\pi t/2T)\) if \(T/t\) is integer and \(M_T(t)=1\) otherwise.
      0 references
      characteristic function
      0 references
      survival amplitude
      0 references

      Identifiers