Improvement of the b8b8-log-convexity threshold for MaxwellBoltzmann convolutions

Let (μn)(\mu_n) be a θ\theta-log-convex Stieltjes moment sequence, and let (μnt)(\mu_n^{\circ t}) denote its Maxwell-Boltzmann convolution semigroup for tR+t\in\mathbf{R}_+. The preceding proposition gives a maximal admissible value of θ\theta slightly less than 1/61/6. Improvement conjecture. The estimate for this maximal θ\theta can be improved by including further terms in the expansion of μnt\mu_n^{\circ t}, beyond the first two terms. The stated bound uses only the first two terms of the expansion, so incorporating additional terms may yield a larger admissible threshold for θ\theta; the source does not give a specific improved value.

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Aubrey Wulfsohn, “Measure convolution semigroups and non-infinitely divisible probability distributions”, arXiv:math/0403185 (2004).

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