A direct approach to the stable distributions
Abstract
The explicit form for the characteristic function of a stable distribution on the line is derived analytically by solving the associated functional equation and applying theory of regular variation, without appeal to the general L\'evy-Khintchine integral representation of infinitely divisible distributions.
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