International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Volume 16 (1993), Issue 1, Pages 165-168
doi:10.1155/S0161171293000195

On a conditional Cauchy functional equation of several variables and a characterization of multivariate stable distributions

Arjun K. Gupta , Truc T. Nguyen and Weibin Zeng

Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green 43403-0221, Ohio, USA

Abstract

The general solution of a conditional Cauchy functional equation of several variables is obtained and its applications to the characterizations of multivariate stable distributions are studied.