Hausdorff moment problem and maximum entropy: A unified approach

Applied Mathematics and Computation

Volumn 105, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 291-305

  Tagliani, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Convex hull; Entropy; Hankel determinant; Moment problem

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011102046     PISSN: 00963003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0096-3003(98)10084-X     Document Type: Article

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