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A study on the Poisson, geometric and Pascal distributions motivated by Chv\'{a}tal's conjecture

Probability 2023-04-05 v2

Abstract

Let B(n,p)B(n,p) denote a binomial random variable with parameters nn and pp. Vas\v{e}k Chv\'{a}tal conjectured that for any fixed n2n\geq 2, as mm ranges over {0,,n}\{0,\ldots,n\}, the probability qm:=P(B(n,m/n)m)q_m:=P(B(n,m/n)\leq m) is the smallest when mm is closest to 2n3\frac{2n}{3}. This conjecture has been solved recently. Motivated by this conjecture, in this paper, we consider the corresponding minimum value problem on the probability that a random variable is not more than its expectation, when its distribution is the Poisson distribution, the geometric distribution or the Pascal distribution.

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@article{arxiv.2210.16515,
  title  = {A study on the Poisson, geometric and Pascal distributions motivated by Chv\'{a}tal's conjecture},
  author = {Fu-Bo Li and Kun Xu and Ze-Chun Hu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2210.16515},
  year   = {2023}
}

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