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Kullback-Leibler divergence for the Fr\'echet extreme-value distribution

Statistics Theory 2023-03-28 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP Statistics Theory

Abstract

We derive a closed-form solution for the Kullback-Leibler divergence between two Fr\'echet extreme-value distributions. The resulting expression is rather simple and involves the Euler-Mascheroni constant.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2303.13153,
  title  = {Kullback-Leibler divergence for the Fr\'echet extreme-value distribution},
  author = {Jean-Christophe Pain},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.13153},
  year   = {2023}
}
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