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    New Results On the Sum of Two Generalized Gaussian Random Variables

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    We propose in this paper a new method to compute the characteristic function (CF) of generalized Gaussian (GG) random variable in terms of the Fox H function. The CF of the sum of two independent GG random variables is then deduced. Based on this results, the probability density function (PDF) and the cumulative distribution function (CDF) of the sum distribution are obtained. These functions are expressed in terms of the bivariate Fox H function. Next, the statistics of the distribution of the sum, such as the moments, the cumulant, and the kurtosis, are analyzed and computed. Due to the complexity of bivariate Fox H function, a solution to reduce such complexity is to approximate the sum of two independent GG random variables by one GG random variable with suitable shape factor. The approximation method depends on the utility of the system so three methods of estimate the shape factor are studied and presented

    Finite-velocity diffusion on a comb

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    A Cattaneo equation for a comb structure is considered. We present a rigorous analysis of the obtained fractional diffusion equation, and corresponding solutions for the probability distribution function are obtained in the form of the Fox HH-function and its infinite series. The mean square displacement along the backbone is obtained as well in terms of the infinite series of the Fox HH-function. The obtained solutions describe the transition from normal diffusion to subdiffusion, which results from the comb geometry.Comment: 7 page

    On classical and free stable laws

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    We derive the representative Bernstein measure of the density of (Xα)α/(1α),0<α<1(X_{\alpha})^{-\alpha/(1-\alpha)}, 0 < \alpha < 1, where XαX_{\alpha} is a positive stable random variable, as a Fox-H function. When 1α=1/j1-\alpha = 1/j for some integer j2j \geq 2, the Fox H-function reduces to a Meijer G-function so that the Kanter's random variable (see below) is closely related to a product of (j1)(j-1) independent Beta random variables. When α\alpha tends to 0, the Bernstein measure becomes degenerate thereby agrees with Cressie's result for the asymptotic behaviour of stable distributions for small values of α\alpha. Coming to free probability, our result makes more explicit that of Biane on the density of its free analog. The paper is closed with analytic arguments explaining the occurence of the Kanter's random variable in both the classical and the free settings

    Asymptotic solutions of decoupled continuous-time random walks with superheavy-tailed waiting time and heavy-tailed jump length distributions

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    We study the long-time behavior of decoupled continuous-time random walks characterized by superheavy-tailed distributions of waiting times and symmetric heavy-tailed distributions of jump lengths. Our main quantity of interest is the limiting probability density of the position of the walker multiplied by a scaling function of time. We show that the probability density of the scaled walker position converges in the long-time limit to a non-degenerate one only if the scaling function behaves in a certain way. This function as well as the limiting probability density are determined in explicit form. Also, we express the limiting probability density which has heavy tails in terms of the Fox HH-function and find its behavior for small and large distances.Comment: 16 pages, 1 figur
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