Probability, Statistics, and Mathematics. Papers in Honor of Samuel Karlin

Content: 
Inside Front Cover, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS, Pages ix-x
FOREWORD, Pages xi-xii, Theodore W. Anderson, Krishna B. Athreya, Donald L. Iglehart
PUBLICATIONS OF SAMUEL KARLIN, Pages xiii-xxxviii
Ph.D. STUDENTS OF SAMUEL KARLIN, Pages xxxix-xl
Second-Order Moments of a Stationary Markov Chain and Some Applications, Pages 1-16, T.W. Anderson
A “Dynamic” Proof of the Frobenius–Perron Theorem for Metzler Matrices, Pages 17-26, Kenneth J. Arrow
Selberg's Second Beta Integral and an Integral of Mehta, Pages 27-39, Richard Askey, Donald Richards
Exponentiality of the Local Time at Hitting Times for Reflecting Diffusions and an Application, Pages 41-58, K.B. Athreya, A.P.N. Weerasinghe
A Normal Approximation for the Number of Local Maxima of a Random Function on a Graph, Pages 59-81, P. Baldi, Y. Rinott, C. Stein
Operator Solution of Infinite Gδ Games of Imperfect Information, Pages 83-87, David Blackwell
Smoothed Limit Theorems for Equilibrium Processes, Pages 89-102, Peter W. Glynn, Donald L. Iglehart
Supercritical Branching Processes with Countably Many Types and the Size of Random Cantor Sets, Pages 103-121, Harry Kesten
Maxima of Random Quadratic Forms on a Simplex, Pages 123-140, J.F.C. Kingman
Total Positivity and Renewal Theory, Pages 141-162, Thomas M. Liggett
Some Remarks on Nonnegative Polynomials on Polyhedra, Pages 163-186, Charles A. Micchelli, Allan Pinkus
The Fundamental Period of the Queue with Markov-Modulated Arrivals, Pages 187-200, M.F. Neuts
Some Remarks on a Limiting Diffusion for Decomposable Branching Processes, Pages 201-209, Peter Ney
Some Results on Repeated Risktaking, Pages 211-223, John W. Pratt
The Rate of Escape Problem for a Class of Random Walks, Pages 225-237, William E. Pruitt
Recent Advances on the Integrated Cauchy Functional Equation and Related Results in Applied Probability, Pages 239-253, C. Radhakrishna Rao, D.N. Shanbhag
A Note on Maximum Entropy, Pages 255-260, Murray Rosenblatt
The Various Linear Fractional Lévy Motions, Pages 261-270, G. Samorodnitsky, M.S. Taqqu
Bonferroni-Type Probability Bounds as an Application of the Theory of Tchebycheff Systems, Pages 271-289, Stephen M. Samuels, William J. Studden
The  Law and Repeated Risktaking, Pages 291-306, Paul A. Samuelson
A Theorem in Search of a Simple Proof, Pages 307-316, Herbert E. Scarf
Grade of Membership Representations: Concepts and Problems, Pages 317-334, Burton Singer
Uniform Error Bounds Involving Logspline Models, Pages 335-355, Charles J. Stone
An Alternative to Cp Model Selection that Emphasizes the Quality of Coefficient Estimation, Pages 357-371, Roy E. Welsch