Log-concavity and log-convexity of moments of averages of i.i.d. random variables

DOI10.4153/S0008439521000254zbMath1494.05013arXiv2001.06439OpenAlexW3157719155MaRDI QIDQ5079409

Philip Lamkin, Tomasz Tkocz

Publication date: 27 May 2022

Published in: Canadian Mathematical Bulletin (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2001.06439

zbMATH Keywords

sums of independent random variableslog-convexitylog-concavitymoment comparison

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Inequalities; stochastic orderings (60E15) Combinatorial inequalities (05A20) Inequalities for sums, series and integrals (26D15)

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