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On the Hurwitz zeta function with an application to the beta-exponential distribution

Statistics Theory 2020-03-25 v2 Other Statistics Statistics Theory

Abstract

We prove a monotonicity property of the Hurwitz zeta function which, in turn, translates into a chain of inequalities for polygamma functions of different orders. We provide a probabilistic interpretation of our result by exploiting a connection between Hurwitz zeta function and the cumulants of the beta-exponential distribution.

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@article{arxiv.1909.07026,
  title  = {On the Hurwitz zeta function with an application to the beta-exponential distribution},
  author = {Julyan Arbel and Olivier Marchal and Bernardo Nipoti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.07026},
  year   = {2020}
}

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8 pages, 1 figure

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