Convolution of a symmetric log-concave distribution and a symmetric bimodal distribution can have any number of modes

02/18/2021
by   Charles Arnal, et al.
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In this note, we show that the convolution of a discrete symmetric log-concave distribution and a discrete symmetric bimodal distribution can have any strictly positive number of modes. A similar result is proved for smooth distributions.

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