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curprev 11:4911:49, 25 April 2025 2001:7c0:3102:200:1c09:d1c0:9cb5:57a7 talk 19,564 bytes 0 correction of typo in the inequality. undo

curprev 21:1021:10, 14 April 2025 JJMC89 bot III talk contribs m 19,564 bytes +1 Moving Category:Moment (mathematics) to Category:Moments (mathematics) per Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Speedy undo

curprev 15:5415:54, 3 April 2025 216.209.131.222 talk 19,563 bytes −11 Reworded, to address ambiguous parenthetical. undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 16:4116:41, 24 March 2025 Hellacioussatyr talk contribs 19,574 bytes +489 No edit summary undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 14:4414:44, 15 February 2025 Hellacioussatyr talk contribs 19,085 bytes +336 No edit summary undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 16:4016:40, 2 January 2025 5.151.105.21 talk 18,749 bytes −6 The formula of the MGF before my edit was of the case k=1,2,3,... however as per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometric_distribution as well as my own verification, the MGF should not have the e^t term if we are talking about the geometric distibution that starts at k=0,1,2,... and has PMF ( 1-p)^k(p) then the mgf should not have the exponential term in the numerator undo
curprev 16:3416:34, 2 January 2025 5.151.105.21 talk 18,755 bytes −3 No edit summary undo

curprev 12:0812:08, 26 November 2024 Citation bot talk contribs 18,758 bytes +28 Added publisher. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by Dominic3203 | Category:Generating functions | #UCB_Category 12/12 undo

curprev 21:1721:17, 21 November 2024 Mikestylz talk contribs 18,730 bytes +6 No edit summary undo
curprev 21:1721:17, 21 November 2024 Mikestylz talk contribs 18,724 bytes +3 No edit summary undo

curprev 02:5602:56, 9 November 2024 71.236.246.25 talk 18,721 bytes −2 PMF for geometric distribution did not match the moment generating function. There are multiple forms of the geometric distribution and the wrong one was used. undo

curprev 05:2505:25, 21 October 2024 CanonneC talk contribs 18,723 bytes 0 Undid revision 1251936651 by 2001:56A:77D2:9700:41B2:108D:133F:E688 (talk) This is incorrect, and the PDF link does not state that either undo Tags: Undo Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 22:3922:39, 18 October 2024 2001:56a:77d2:9700:41b2:108d:133f:e688 talk 18,723 bytes 0 The moment-generating functions for the Bernoulli and binomial distributions are 1 - q + p * e^t, rather than 1 - p + p * e^t. See e.g. https://www.le.ac.uk/users/dsgp1/COURSES/MATHSTAT/5binomgf.pdf undo Tag: Reverted

curprev 21:3721:37, 4 October 2024 Kanguole talk contribs 18,723 bytes −11 →Examples: correction to Geometric distribution; swap Geometric and Binomial, to associate the special cases with the general undo

curprev 18:2718:27, 6 June 2024 GünniX talk contribs 18,734 bytes +201 Reverted vandalism by 24.88.173.56 undo Tag: Undo

curprev 14:4114:41, 5 June 2024 46.117.120.136 talk 18,533 bytes +11 I believe Gamma distrubation needs to be described with k and frac 1 over theta undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 12:0412:04, 24 May 2024 148.253.183.155 talk 18,522 bytes −15 No edit summary undo Tag: Reverted

curprev 15:3115:31, 23 May 2024 24.88.173.56 talk 18,537 bytes −186 fgfng undo Tags: Reverted extraneous markup

curprev 01:2401:24, 22 April 2024 Hktonylee talk contribs 18,723 bytes +11 The MGF and CF of geometric distribution was wrong undo Tag: Manual revert

curprev 14:0714:07, 23 March 2024 Wint7 talk contribs m 18,712 bytes −11 →Examples: fix miscalculation (cf. Characteristic function (probability theory)) [ce] undo Tags: Reverted 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 12:0712:07, 15 March 2024 Sigma440 talk contribs 18,723 bytes −53 Undid revision 1213824092 by 217.201.161.230 (talk) rvv undo Tag: Undo
curprev 10:0510:05, 15 March 2024 217.201.161.230 talk 18,776 bytes +53 →Linear combination of independent random variables undo Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 20:2120:21, 3 January 2024 165.1.177.133 talk 18,723 bytes +5 →Definition undo
curprev 20:1820:18, 3 January 2024 165.1.177.133 talk 18,718 bytes +6 →Definition undo

curprev 09:4409:44, 24 August 2023 128.40.24.96 talk 18,712 bytes −29 The topic does not seem to have anything to do with EVaR; maybe Moment generating function is related, but not the concept of moments undo

curprev 18:5718:57, 13 June 2023 B52481 talk contribs 18,741 bytes +55 →Important properties: add citation needed for log-convexity undo

curprev 13:1213:12, 2 May 2023 2806:2f0:6080:be2d:7ff1:7f27:850a:ac99 talk 18,686 bytes +4 →Examples undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

curprev 13:1013:10, 9 April 2023 DekuNut64 talk contribs 18,682 bytes −20 →Examples: added interval of convergence for chi-squared MGF, changed instance of 'log' to 'ln' undo

curprev 06:5506:55, 8 March 2023 202.161.35.16 talk 18,702 bytes −5 →Examples undo

curprev 19:0819:08, 10 December 2022 WalkingRadiance talk contribs 18,707 bytes +246 →Examples: added beta distribution. undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 22:3122:31, 5 December 2022 3thanguy7 talk contribs m 18,461 bytes 0 added hyphen undo

curprev 16:5716:57, 4 December 2022 Gciriani talk contribs 18,461 bytes −8 →Other properties: deleted words for readability undo

curprev 09:4009:40, 16 November 2022 85.148.95.245 talk 18,469 bytes +43 →Other properties: Less flowery undo

curprev 07:0807:08, 7 October 2022 130.226.87.134 talk 18,426 bytes +51 →See also undo

curprev 17:2717:27, 26 July 2022 Citation bot talk contribs 18,375 bytes +11 Add: year. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by Smasongarrison | Linked from User:Smasongarrison/sandbox/1 | #UCB_webform_linked 908/1127 undo

curprev 14:0414:04, 23 July 2022 Ted.tem.parker talk contribs 18,364 bytes +114 →Calculation undo

curprev 00:2300:23, 27 May 2022 MutantDuck talk contribs m 18,250 bytes +14 Added restriction for t in MGF of NB distribution undo Tag: Visual edit

curprev 11:3211:32, 16 May 2022 TomFryers talk contribs 18,236 bytes 0 →Definition: Capitalise CDF undo

curprev 11:4111:41, 18 April 2022 Abdul Muhsy talk contribs 18,236 bytes −7 →Other properties: It is not an upper bound on the MGF, rather the MGF provides an upper bound to the tail probability undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 08:4008:40, 29 December 2021 2a01:e0a:38e:4330:4c18:a8db:943d:da3b talk 18,243 bytes 0 →Calculation: need case for i=0 undo

curprev 18:2818:28, 3 November 2021 Liangent talk contribs 18,243 bytes −9 →Examples: https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=mgf+of+negative+binomial+distribution undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

curprev 18:0918:09, 14 August 2021 Tom.Reding talk contribs m 18,252 bytes +41 +{{Authority control}} (1 ID from Wikidata), WP:GenFixes on undo Tag: AWB

curprev 13:5513:55, 24 May 2021 108.231.188.229 talk 18,211 bytes +2 →Definition undo

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