On a class of distributions stable under random summation

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Abstract: We investigate a family of distributions having a property of stability-under-addition, provided that the number u of added-up random variables in the random sum is also a random variable. We call the corresponding property a ,u-stability and investigate the situation with the semigroup generated by the generating function of u is commutative. Using results from the theory of iterations of analytic functions, we show that the characteristic function of such a u-stable distribution can be represented in terms of Chebyshev polynomials, and for the case of u-normal distribution, the resulting characteristic function corresponds to the hyperbolic secant distribution. We discuss some specific properties of the class and present particular examples.












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