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The medians for exponential families and the normal law

Probability 2017-10-04 v2

Abstract

Let PP a probability on the real line generating a natural exponential family (Pt)tR(P_t)_{t\in \R}. We show that tt is a median of PtP_t for all tt only if PP is the standard Gaussian law N(0.1).N(0.1). The proof is based on the Choquet Deny equation.

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@article{arxiv.1708.03789,
  title  = {The medians for exponential families and the normal law},
  author = {Gerard Letac and Lutz Mattner and Mauro Piccioni},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.03789},
  year   = {2017}
}

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5 pages