Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4655753 | Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A | 2011 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
We introduce the antipodal pairs property for probability measures on finite Boolean algebras and prove that conditional versions imply strong forms of log-concavity. We give several applications of this fact, including improvements of some results of Wagner, a new proof of a theorem of Liggett stating that ultra-log-concavity of sequences is preserved by convolutions, and some progress on a well-known log-concavity conjecture of J. Mason.
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