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Characterization of distributions by the identical distribution of linear forms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Morris L. Eaton
Morris L. Eaton*
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Stanford University
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Throughout this paper, we shall write ℒ(W) = ℒ(Z) to mean the random variables W and Z have the same distribution. The relation “ℒ(W) = ℒ(;Z)” reads “the law of W equals the law of Z”.

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Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 3 , Issue 2 , December 1966 , pp. 481 - 494
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Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 

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