Universiteit Utrecht

Department of Mathematics


Moments of convex distribution functions and completely alternating sequences



Sasha Gnedin (UU)
8 March 2006

We solve the moment problem for convex distribution functions on  [0,1]  in terms of completely alternating sequences. This complements a recent solution of this problem by Diaconis and Freedman, and relates this work to the Lévy-Khintchine formula for the Laplace transform of a subordinator, and to regenerative composition structures.

This is a joint work with Jim Pitman, UC Berkeley.


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