One-dimensional exponential families with constant Hessian scalar curvature

Abstract: We give a complete classification of 1-dimensional exponential families

m a t h c a l E

defined over a finite space

O m e g a = x_{0}, ..., x_{n}

whose Hessian scalar curvature is constant. We observe an interesting phenomenon: if

m a t h c a l E

has constant Hessian scalar curvature, say

l a m b d a

, then

l a m b d a = f r a c 2 k

for some positive integer

k l e q m

. We also discuss the central role played by the binomial distribution in this classification.

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