A Probabilistic Proof of Ramanujan’s ${}_1 \psi _1 $ Sum

DOI10.1137/0518110zbMath0638.62011MaRDI QIDQ3779573

Kevin W. J. Kadell

Publication date: 1987

Published in: SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1137/0518110

zbMATH Keywords

order statistics; F distribution; discrete distributions; Mann-Whitney statistic; beta distribution; beta integral; Gaussian polynomial; q-gamma function; q-binomial theorem; q-chi-squared distribution; q-F distribution; Ramanujan's psi-sum

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

62G30: Order statistics; empirical distribution functions

05A15: Exact enumeration problems, generating functions

33B15: Gamma, beta and polygamma functions

62E10: Characterization and structure theory of statistical distributions

33C05: Classical hypergeometric functions, ({}_2F_1)

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