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On Log-concavity of the Generalized Marcum Q Function

Statistics Theory 2011-05-31 v1 Information Theory Classical Analysis and ODEs math.IT Statistics Theory

Abstract

It is shown that, if nu >= 1/2 then the generalized Marcum Q function Q_nu(a, b) is log-concave in 0<=b <infty. This proves a conjecture of Sun, Baricz and Zhou (2010). We also point out relevant results in the statistics literature.

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@article{arxiv.1105.5762,
  title  = {On Log-concavity of the Generalized Marcum Q Function},
  author = {Yaming Yu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1105.5762},
  year   = {2011}
}
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