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Bounds for some entropies and special functions

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2018-01-17 v1

Abstract

We consider a family of probability distributions depending on a real parameter and including the binomial, Poisson and negative binomial distributions. The corresponding index of coincidence satisfies a Heun differential equation and is a logarithmically convex function. Combining these facts we get bounds for the index of coincidence, and consequently for R\'{e}nyi and Tsallis entropies of order 22.

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@article{arxiv.1801.05003,
  title  = {Bounds for some entropies and special functions},
  author = {Adina Barar and Gabriela Raluca Mocanu and Ioan Rasa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.05003},
  year   = {2018}
}

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Accepted to be published in Carpathian Journal of Mathematics, 1/2018

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