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A note on the higher moments of the random variable T associated with the number of returns of a simple random walk

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

Walter Katzenbeisser*
Affiliation:
Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien
Wolfgang Panny*
Affiliation:
Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien
*
Postal address: Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Institut für Statistik, A-1090 Wien, Augasse 2–6, Austria.
Postal address: Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Institut für Statistik, A-1090 Wien, Augasse 2–6, Austria.
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Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1986 

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