Arcsine laws and interval partitions derived from a stable subordinator

Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society

Volumn s3-65, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 326-356

  Pitman, Jim ^a,b   Yor, Marc ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

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EID: 84962993911     PISSN: 00246115     EISSN: 1460244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1112/plms/s3-65.2.326     Document Type: Article

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