The Riff-Shuffle Distribution is Unimodal
Probability
2007-05-23 v1 Combinatorics
Authors:
S. Gerhold
Abstract
We show that the probability mass function of the riff-shuffle distribution, also known as the minimum negative binomial distribution, is unimodal, but in general not log-concave.
Cite
@article{arxiv.math/0702639,
title = {The Riff-Shuffle Distribution is Unimodal},
author = {S. Gerhold},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0702639},
year = {2007}
}
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