The infimum values of the probability functions for some infinitely divisible distributions motivated by Chvátal's theorem

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Main Authors: Hu, Ze-Chun, Lu, Peng, Zhou, Qian-Qian, Zhou, Xing-Wang
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author Hu, Ze-Chun
Lu, Peng
Zhou, Qian-Qian
Zhou, Xing-Wang
author_facet Hu, Ze-Chun
Lu, Peng
Zhou, Qian-Qian
Zhou, Xing-Wang
contents Let $B(n,p)$ denote a binomial random variable with parameters $n$ and $p$. Chvátal's theorem says that for any fixed $n\geq 2$, as $m$ ranges over $\{0,\ldots,n\}$, the probability $q_m:=P(B(n,m/n)\leq m)$ is the smallest when $m$ is closest to $\frac{2n}{3}$. Motivated by this theorem, in this paper we consider the infimum value of the probability $P(X\leq κE[X])$, where $κ$ is a positive real number, and $X$ is a random variable whose distribution belongs to some infinitely divisible distributions including the inverse Gaussian, log-normal, Gumbel and logistic distributions.
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spellingShingle The infimum values of the probability functions for some infinitely divisible distributions motivated by Chvátal's theorem
Hu, Ze-Chun
Lu, Peng
Zhou, Qian-Qian
Zhou, Xing-Wang
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Let $B(n,p)$ denote a binomial random variable with parameters $n$ and $p$. Chvátal's theorem says that for any fixed $n\geq 2$, as $m$ ranges over $\{0,\ldots,n\}$, the probability $q_m:=P(B(n,m/n)\leq m)$ is the smallest when $m$ is closest to $\frac{2n}{3}$. Motivated by this theorem, in this paper we consider the infimum value of the probability $P(X\leq κE[X])$, where $κ$ is a positive real number, and $X$ is a random variable whose distribution belongs to some infinitely divisible distributions including the inverse Gaussian, log-normal, Gumbel and logistic distributions.
title The infimum values of the probability functions for some infinitely divisible distributions motivated by Chvátal's theorem
topic Probability
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.07678