Abstract:For every discrete probability distribution, there is one and only one partial summation which leaves the distribution unchanged. This invariance property is reconsidered for distributions with one parameter. We show that if we change the parameter value in the function which defines the summation, two families of distributions can be observed. The first of them consists of distributions which are resistant to the change. For these distributions, the change of the parameter is reversed by the normalization con… Show more
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