A proof of the Shepp-Olkin entropy concavity conjecture
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Publication:2405168
DOI10.3150/16-BEJ860zbMath1390.60073arXiv1503.01570WikidataQ60061118 ScholiaQ60061118MaRDI QIDQ2405168
Publication date: 21 September 2017
Published in: Bernoulli (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1503.01570
60E15: Inequalities; stochastic orderings
60G50: Sums of independent random variables; random walks
94A17: Measures of information, entropy
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