International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Volume 13 (1990), Issue 4, Pages 737-740
doi:10.1155/S0161171290001004

A proof of Pollaczek-Spitzer identity

S. Paramasamy

Department of Mathematics, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago

Abstract

In this note we derive a proof of Pollaczek-Spitzer identity using a generalization of Takacs ballot theorem.