Asymptotic factorial powers expansions for binomial and negative binomial reciprocals

Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 261-272

  Rempała, Grzegorz A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic expansions; Elementary symmetric polynomial; Factorial power; Indirect estimator; Inverse moments; Positive binomial distribution; Truncated negative binomial distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0742271591     PISSN: 00029939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-03-07254-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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