The medians for exponential families and the normal law

Abstract

Let P a probability on the real line generating a natural exponential family (Pt)t∈ . We show that t is a median of Pt for all t only if P is the standard Gaussian law N(0.1). The proof is based on the Choquet Deny equation.

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