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Majorization and the Lorenz Order: a Brief Introduction
Barry C. Arnold
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Paperback. Series: Lecture Notes in Statistics. Num Pages: 128 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 7. Weight in Grams: 242.
My interest in majorization was first spurred by Ingram aIkin's proclivity for finding Schur convex functions lurking in the problem section of every issue of the American Mathematical Monthly. Later my interest in income inequality led me again to try and "really" understand Hardy, Littlewood and Polya' s contributions to the majori zation literature. I have found the income distribution context to be quite convenient for discussion of inequality orderings. The pre sent set of notes is designed for a one quarter course introducing majorization and the Lorenz order. The inequality principles of Dalton, especially the transfer or Robin Hood ... Read more
My interest in majorization was first spurred by Ingram aIkin's proclivity for finding Schur convex functions lurking in the problem section of every issue of the American Mathematical Monthly. Later my interest in income inequality led me again to try and "really" understand Hardy, Littlewood and Polya' s contributions to the majori zation literature. I have found the income distribution context to be quite convenient for discussion of inequality orderings. The pre sent set of notes is designed for a one quarter course introducing majorization and the Lorenz order. The inequality principles of Dalton, especially the transfer or Robin Hood ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Series
Lecture Notes in Statistics
Number of Pages
122
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9780387965925
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V9780387965925
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