A functional equation and its application to the characterization of gamma distributions (Q623387)

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    A functional equation and its application to the characterization of gamma distributions
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5851444

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      A functional equation and its application to the characterization of gamma distributions (English)
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      14 February 2011
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      The purpose of this paper is to determine all measurable solutions \(f, g, p, q : \mathbb R_+\to\mathbb R_+\) of the functional equation \(f(x,y) = p(x+y) q(x/y),\) \((x,y)\in\mathbb R_+^2\) satisfied almost everywhere. This result can be used for a characterization of gamma distributions.
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      gamma distributions
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      characterizations of probability distributions
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      measurable solution a.e.
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      functional equation
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