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Hitting Time Distributions When Σ xk/dk Has a Smooth Density

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Dudley Paul Johnson*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4
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Abstract

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In this paper we construct the hitting time distributions for stochastic processes Xk , taking on values amongst the integers 0, 1, …, d -1 for which has a smooth polynomial density with respect to the Lebesgue measure on [0,1].

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Research Article
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1979

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