Logarithmic concavity of the inverse incomplete beta function with respect to the first parameter

DOI10.7146/math.scand.a-121924zbMath1467.33002arXiv1710.09708OpenAlexW3132425112MaRDI QIDQ4989916

Dimitris Askitis

Publication date: 27 May 2021

Published in: MATHEMATICA SCANDINAVICA (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.09708

zbMATH Keywords

gamma distributionconcavity/convexity\(p\)-quantileincomplete Beta function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Asymptotic approximations, asymptotic expansions (steepest descent, etc.) (41A60) Convexity of real functions in one variable, generalizations (26A51) Incomplete beta and gamma functions (error functions, probability integral, Fresnel integrals) (33B20)

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