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Generating functions for generalized binomial distributions

Mathematical Physics 2015-06-04 v1 Statistical Mechanics math.MP Quantum Physics

Abstract

In a recent article a generalization of the binomial distribution associated with a sequence of positive numbers was examined. The analysis of the nonnegativeness of the formal expressions was a key-point to allow to give them a statistical interpretation in terms of probabilities. In this article we present an approach based on generating functions that solves the previous difficulties: the constraints of nonnegativeness are automatically fulfilled, a complete characterization in terms of generating functions is given and a large number of analytical examples becomes available.

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@article{arxiv.1203.3936,
  title  = {Generating functions for generalized binomial distributions},
  author = {H. Bergeron and E. M. F. Curado and J. P. Gazeau and Ligia M. C. S. Rodrigues},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1203.3936},
  year   = {2015}
}

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PDFLaTex, 27 pages, 5 figures

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