A factorization of the Askey's characteristic function \((1-\| t\| _{2n+1})_ +^{n+1}\)
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title: A factorization of the Askey's characteristic function \((1-\| t\| _{2n+1})_ +^{n+1}\)
zbMATH Open document ID: 0601.60019
published in: Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincaré. Probabilités et Statistiques
publication date: 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
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review text: In 1973 \textit{R. Askey} [Radial characteristic functions. Math. Res. Center, Univ. Wisconsin, Madison. Tech. Rep. No.1262 (1973)] proved the following generalization of Polya's theorem (corresponding to the case \(n=0):\) Let g: [0,\(\infty)\to R\) be continuous such that \(g(0)=1\), \((- 1)^ ng^{(n)}\) exists and is convex in (0,\(\infty)\) and g(t)\(\to 0\), \(g^{(n)}(t)\to 0\) as \(t\to \infty\). Then \(g\circ \| \cdot \|\) is a characteristic function on \(R^{2n+1}\), i.e. is the Fourier transform of a probability distribution on \(R^{2n+1}.\) In the paper under review a new proof of Askey's theorem is offered. The technique of the proof is to locate the zeros of the polynomial \(\int^{1}_{z}(1-t^ 2)^ ndt\).
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 60E10
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 26C10
zbMATH DE Number: 3969758
zbMATH Keywords: Fourier transform
zbMATH Keywords: characteristic function
author: Gérard Letac
author: Qazi I. Rahman
reviewed by: Svetlozar T. Rachev
MaRDI profile type: Publication
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