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Infinitely Divisible Distributions

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Part of the book series: Ergebnisse der Mathematik und ihrer Grenzgebiete ((MATHE2,volume 82))

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A distribution function F (x) and the corresponding c.f. f (t) are said to be infinitely divisible if for every positive integer n there exists a c.f. f n (t) such that

$$f\left( t \right) = {\left( {{f_n}\left( t \right)} \right)^n}$$
(1.1)

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Petrov, V.V. (1975). Infinitely Divisible Distributions. In: Sums of Independent Random Variables. Ergebnisse der Mathematik und ihrer Grenzgebiete, vol 82. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65809-9_2

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