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Abstract for MSRI Preprint 2001-023

A new proof of the Markov–Krein identity for distributions of means of Dirichlet processes

Natalia Tsilevich, Anatoly Vershik, and Marc Yor

We present a new simple proof of the Markov–Krein identity for distributions of means of Dirichlet processes. Our approach is based on a close relation of Dirichlet processes to gamma processes and basic properties of the gamma processes.