Khinchin's theorem on the factorization of distributions
Khinchin's theorem on the factorization of distributions says that every probability distribution P admits (in the convolution semi-group of probability distributions) a factorization
where P1 is a probability distribution without any indecomposable factor and P2 is a distribution that is either degenerate or is representable as the convolution of a finite or countable set of indecomposable distributions. The factorization is not unique, in general.
The theorem was proved by A. Ya. Khinchin[1] for distributions on the line, and later it became clear[2] that it is valid for distributions on considerably more general groups. A broad class (see[3][4][5]) of topological semi-groups is known, including the convolution semi-group of distributions on the line, in which factorization theorems analogous to Khinchin's theorem are valid.
References
- ^ Kinchin, A. Ya. (1937). On the arithmetic of distribution laws (in Russian). Byull. Moskov. Gos. Univ. Sekt. pp. 6–17.
- ^ Parthasarathy, K. R.; Rao, R. Ranga; Varadhan, S. R. S. (1 June 1963). "Probability distributions on locally compact Abelian groups". Illinois Journal of Mathematics. 7 (2): 337–369. doi:10.1215/ijm/1255644642.
- ^ D.G. Kendall, "Delphic semi-groups, infinitely divisible phenomena, and the arithmetic of -functions" Z. Wahrscheinlichkeitstheor. Verw. Geb. , 9 : 3 (1968) pp. 163–195
- ^ R. Davidson, "Arithmetic and other properties of certain Delphic semi-groups" Z. Wahrscheinlichkeitstheor. Verw. Geb. , 10 : 2 (1968) pp. 120–172
- ^ I.Z. Ruzsa, G.J. Székely, "Algebraic probability theory" , Wiley (1988)
 | This mathematical analysis–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |