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Paper   IPM / M / 7311
School of Mathematics
  Title:   Solution to a functional equation and its application to stable and stable-type distributions
  Author(s): 
1.  G. G. Hamedani
2.  E. S. Key
3.  H. Volkmer
  Status:   Published
  Journal: Statist. Probab. Lett.
  Vol.:  69
  Year:  2004
  Pages:   1-9
  Supported by:  IPM
  Abstract:
The main result of the paper completely characterizes all continuous complex-valued functions φ(t) with domain \mathbbR+ or \mathbbR satisfying

φ(t)=(φ(a1t))γ1=(φ(a2t))γ2
where a1 ≠ 1, a2 ≠ 1,γ1, γ2 are positive numbers with irrational [(loga1)/(loga2)].

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