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A strong log-concavity property for measures on Boolean algebras

Combinatorics 2009-07-03 v1 Probability

Abstract

We introduce the antipodal pairs property for probability measures on finite Boolean algebras and prove that conditional versions imply strong forms of log-concavity. We give several applications of this fact, including improvements of some results of Wagner; a new proof of a theorem of Liggett stating that ultra-log-concavity of sequences is preserved by convolutions; and some progress on a well-known log-concavity conjecture of J. Mason.

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@article{arxiv.0907.0243,
  title  = {A strong log-concavity property for measures on Boolean algebras},
  author = {Jeff Kahn and Michael Neiman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0907.0243},
  year   = {2009}
}

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13 pages

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