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On the log-gamma distribution and its properties

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  1. Faculty of Arts and Science - Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computing Science, University of Calgary, Calgary 44, Alberta, Canada

    P. C. Consul

  2. Department of Mathematics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

    G. C. Jain

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Supported by the National Research Council of Canada under their grant No. A4811.

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Consul, P.C., Jain, G.C. On the log-gamma distribution and its properties. Statistische Hefte 12, 100–106 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02922944

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