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A characterization of the geometric distribution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

M. Sreehari
M. Sreehari*
Affiliation:
M. S. University, Baroda
*
∗ Postal address: Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science, M. S. University, Baroda, 390 002, India.
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Abstract

Let X1, X2, …, Xn be independent identically distributed positive integer-valued random variables with order statistics X1:n, X2:n, …, Xn:n. We prove that if the random variable X2:n – X1:n is independent of the events [X1:n = m] and [X1:n = k], for fixed k > m > 1, then the Xi's are geometric. This is related to a characterization problem raised by Arnold (1980).

Keywords

ORDER STATISTICS
Type
Short Communications
Information
Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , March 1983 , pp. 209 - 212
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1983 

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Footnotes

Research carried out while the author was at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.

References

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