A FUNCTIONAL EQUATION THAT LEADS TO SEMISTABILITY
Abstract: Some functional equations related to the notion of semistability of probability
distributions on and are studied. The solution sets of these equations are fully
described.
2000 AMS Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 60E07; Secondary:
62E10.
Keywords and phrases: Infinite divisibility, Laplace–Stieltjes transforms, probability
generating functions, the Deny–Lau–Rao theorem.