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A GENERALIZED MEMORYLESS PROPERTY

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2012

Offer Kella
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem 91905, Israel E-mail: Offer.Kella@huji.ac.il
Andreas Löpker
Affiliation:
Department of Economics and Social Sciences, Helmut Schmidt University Hamburg, 22043 Hamburg, Germany E-mail: lopker@hsu-hh.de
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Abstract

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We consider a generalized memoryless property which relates to Cantor's second functional equation, study its properties and demonstrate various examples.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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