Mills' ratio: Monotonicity patterns and functional inequalities

Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications

Volumn 340, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 1362-1370

  Baricz, Árpád ^a  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Complete monotonicity; Functional inequality; Mills' ratio; Monotone form of l'Hospital's rule; Normal distribution; Schwarz's inequality; Tur n type inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049029150     PISSN: 0022247X     EISSN: 10960813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmaa.2007.09.063     Document Type: Article

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