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moment generating function (Definition)
MomentGeneratingFunction

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See Also: characteristic function, cumulant generating function


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moment generating function of the sum of independent random variables (Corollary) by me_and
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Cross-references: moment, origin, interval, converges, expectation, function, random variable
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This is version 5 of moment generating function, born on 2001-10-26, modified 2006-09-18.
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AMS MSC: 60E05 (Probability theory and stochastic processes :: Distribution theory :: Distributions: general theory)
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