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Formulae for absolute moments
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 April 2009
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The purpose of this note is to derive an alternative expression to that given in Lemma 1 below (due to Hsu, and to von Bahr) for the absolute moments of a random variable, in terms of the characteristic function.
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- Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , February 1972 , pp. 104 - 106
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- Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1972
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