Strong log-concavity is preserved by convolution

DOI10.1007/978-3-0348-0490-5_7MaRDI QIDQ2840333zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Jon A. Wellner

Publication date 18 July 2013

Published in Progress in Probability (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-0490-5_7

zbMATH Keywords

convolutionlog-concavestrongly log-concaveultra log-concave

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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