Alternative general global maximum conjecture for the rank-two likelihood model

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Let n≥2n\ge2 and let s,ts,t satisfy 0<s≤t0<s\le t. Let L(P)L(P) be the likelihood function defined in the source by equation (newLP). Alternative likelihood conjecture. The matrix

P=(2sn2(s+t)1n2⋯1n22tn2(s+t)frac1n21n2⋯1n21n2vdots⋮⋮⋮⋮frac1n21n2⋯1n21n2frac2tn2(s+t)1n2⋯1n22sn2(s+t))P=\begin{pmatrix}\frac{2s}{n^2(s+t)}&\frac1{n^2}&\cdots&\frac1{n^2}&\frac{2t}{n^2(s+t)}\\frac1{n^2}&\frac1{n^2}&\cdots&\frac1{n^2}&\frac1{n^2}\\vdots&\vdots&\vdots&\vdots&\vdots\\frac1{n^2}&\frac1{n^2}&\cdots&\frac1{n^2}&\frac1{n^2}\\frac{2t}{n^2(s+t)}&\frac1{n^2}&\cdots&\frac1{n^2}&\frac{2s}{n^2(s+t)}\end{pmatrix}

is a global maximum for L(P)L(P).

This is another proposed extension of the likelihood maximization result to arbitrary nn. The supplied context does not define L(P)L(P) or establish the claim, so its resolution is unclear.

References

Primary source

Mingfu Zhu, Guangran Jiang and Shuhong Gao, “Solving the 100 Swiss Francs Problem”, arXiv:0809.4627 (2011).

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