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  2. Absolutely and completely monotonic functions and sequences

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    A function that is absolutely monotonic on [,) can be extended to a function that is not only analytic on the real line but is even the restriction of an entire function to the real line. The big Bernshtein theorem : A function f ( x ) {\displaystyle f(x)} that is absolutely monotonic on ( − ∞ , 0 ] {\displaystyle (-\infty ,0]} can be ...

  3. Concave function - Wikipedia

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    A function f is concave over a convex set if and only if the function −f is a convex function over the set. The sum of two concave functions is itself concave and so is the pointwise minimum of two concave functions, i.e. the set of concave functions on a given domain form a semifield.

  4. Monotonic function - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a monotonic function (or monotone function) is a function between ordered sets that preserves or reverses the given order. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] This concept first arose in calculus , and was later generalized to the more abstract setting of order theory .

  5. Sigmoid function - Wikipedia

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    A common example of a sigmoid function is the ... increasing but could be decreasing. Sigmoid functions most often show a return value (y axis) in the range 0 to 1 ...

  6. Characteristic function (probability theory) - Wikipedia

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    If φ is a characteristic function and α is a real number, then ¯, Re(φ), | φ | 2, and φ(αt) are also characteristic functions. It is well known that any non-decreasing càdlàg function F with limits F(−∞) = 0, F(+∞) = 1 corresponds to a cumulative distribution function of some random

  7. List of probability distributions - Wikipedia

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    The Dirac comb of period 2 π, although not strictly a function, is a limiting form of many directional distributions. It is essentially a wrapped Dirac delta function. It represents a discrete probability distribution concentrated at 2 π n — a degenerate distribution — but the notation treats it as if it were a continuous distribution.

  8. Exponential decay - Wikipedia

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    For example, if the initial population of the assembly, N(0), is 1000, then the population at time , (), is 368. A very similar equation will be seen below, which arises when the base of the exponential is chosen to be 2, rather than e. In that case the scaling time is the "half-life".

  9. Discontinuities of monotone functions - Wikipedia

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    Then f is a non-decreasing function on [a, b], which is continuous except for jump discontinuities at x n for n ≥ 1. In the case of finitely many jump discontinuities, f is a step function. The examples above are generalised step functions; they are very special cases of what are called jump functions or saltus-functions. [8] [9]