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IN MEMORY OF ALOIS APFELBECK: AN INTERCONNECTION
BETWEEN CAYLEY-EISENSTEIN-PÓLYA AND LANDAU
PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS
Vladimír Vojta∗
Chotovická 12, 182 00 Praha 8
∗ corresponding author: vojta@karneval.cz
Abstract. The interconnection between the Cayley-Eisenstein-Pólya distribution and the Landau
distribution is studied, and possibly new transform pairs for the Laplace and Mellin transform and
integral expressions for the Lambert W function have been found.
Keywords: Cayley-Eisenstein-Pólya distribution, Landau distribution, Lambert function, Laplace
transform, Mellin transform, Mellin multiplier, Hadamard fractional integral, Liouville fractional
integral.
AMS Mathematics Subject Classification: 33E99, (44A10, 44A15, 26A33).
1. Introduction
In their seminal paper on queueing theory [1] Abate and Whitt studied a cumulative probability distribution
function (c.d.f.) F(x) with a pertinent probability density function (p.d.f.) f(x), x > 0, such that its moment
generating function
G(s) =
∫ ∞
0
e−sx dF(x) =
∫ ∞
0
e−sxf(x) dx, (1.1)
satisfies the functional equation
G(s) = e−sG(s). (1.2)
It was shown in [1] that the moments of F(x) are
mn = (n + 1)n−1, n ≥ 0. (1.3)
The authors of [1] named this probability distribution the Cayley-Eisenstein-Pólya (C.E.P.) distribution. The
solution of the functional equation (1.2) was not carried out in [1]. The primary effort of the author was to
solve this problem with the aim to obtain an explicit formula for the probability density function f(x). During
the calculation of f(x) by three methods, it was found that the C.E.P. distribution is in relation to the Landau
distribution function [2].
Theorem 1.1. The solution of functional equation (1.2) is the function G(s) = W (s)/s = e−W(s), s ∈ C, where
W(s) is the Lambert function [3] and C is the set of all complex numbers.
Proof. Let U(s) = sG(s). Then Eq. (1.2) can be rewritten as U(s)eU(s) = s. But this is the definition of the
Lambert W function as a solution of the functional equation W(s)eW(s) = s.
For our case, we select the real branch W0(s) of W(s), which is a real function for s ≥ −1/e. The series
expansion of W0(s) at s = 0 is
W0(s) =
∞∑
n=1
(−n)n−1
sn
n!
, (1.4)
with the radius of convergence equal to 1/e [3]. After some algebraic operations, we obtain the moment
generating function G(s) in the form of the series
G(s) =
W0(s)
s
=
∞∑
n=0
(n + 1)n−1
(−s)n
n!
, G(0) = 1, (1.5)
in accordance with (1.3). The radius of convergence is also equal to 1/e. It should be noted that the moment
generating function is often taken as M(s) = G(−s), because in this case the generating function has the form
of an (at least formal) power series.
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2. Inversion of the moment generating function
To obtain p.d.f. f(x), we had to invert the Laplace transform (1.1). Three procedures were used: direct, Mellin
and Stieltjes.
2.1. Direct procedure
Theorem 2.1. The explicit form of the Cayley-Eisenstein-Pólya p.d.f. is:
f(x) =
1
π
∫ π
0
(
y2 + (1 −y cot y)2
)
e−xy csc ye
−y cot y
dy, x > 0, (2.1)
Proof. The proof is based on the relation [4]
W0(s)
s
=
1
π
∫ π
0
y2 + (1 −y cot y)2
s + y csc ye−y cot y
dy, s ∈ C\ (−∞,−1/e), (2.2)
and on direct application of the Bromwich inversion formula for the Laplace transform and of the Fubini theorem:
f(x) =
1
2iπ
∫ c+i∞
c−i∞
exs
W0(s)
s
ds
=
1
π
∫ π
0
(
y2 + (1 −y cot y)2
) 1
2iπ
∫ c+i∞
c−i∞
exs
s + y csc ye−y cot y
dsdy, c > −1/e,x > 0. (2.3)
The Bromwich integral in parentheses gives e−xy csc ye
−y cot y
, because the inverse Laplace transform of a
function 1/(s + a) is e−ax, and we have finally Eq. (2.1).
2.2. Mellin procedure
The Mellin procedure is based on the “cannibalistic” feature of the Mellin transform: the Mellin transform of
the Laplace transform (and of many others as well) of some function is given by the Mellin transform of that
function only [5]. Symbolically:
MT
[
LT
[
h(t); p
]
; s
]
= Γ(s) MT
[
h(t); 1 −s
]
, MT
[
h(t); s
]
= MT
[
LT
[
h(t); p
]
; 1 −s
]
/Γ(1 −s), (2.4)
where MT and LT represent the Mellin transform and the Laplace transform, and Γ(s) is the Gamma function
of argument s.
Lemma 2.2. The following Mellin transform pair holds:
ss =
∫ ∞
0
xs−1f0(x) dx, s > 0, where f0(x) =
1
π
∫ ∞
0
xyy−y sin πy dy, x > 0. (2.5)
Proof. In accordance with the Bromwich inversion formula for the Mellin transform, the function f0(x) can be
recovered by contour integrals
f0(x) =
1
2iπ
∫ c+i∞
c−i∞
x−sss ds =
1
2iπ
∫ (0+)
−∞
x−sss ds, (2.6)
where the first integral is along the Bromwich contour and the second integral is along the left anticlockwise
Hankel contour. The equivalence of these two integrals is based on the Cauchy integral theorem, and on the fact
that the integrand has two branch points s = 0, s = −∞ and a branch cut in the s-plane along the interval
(−∞, 0), and no other singularity. Then
f0(x) =
1
2iπ
∫ (0+)
−∞
x−sss ds =
1
2iπ
∫ ∞
0
xye−y(ln y−iπ) dy −
1
2iπ
∫ ∞
0
xye−y(ln y+iπ) dy +
1
2iπ
lim
r→0
∫
cr
x−sss ds
=
1
2iπ
∫ ∞
0
xye−y ln y(eiπy −e−iπy) dy + 0 =
1
π
∫ ∞
0
xyy−y sin πy dy, x > 0, (2.7)
where cr is a small circle with radius r around the origin.
Theorem 2.3. The Cayley-Eisenstein-Pólya p.d.f. f(x) is represented by the integral
f(x) =
∫ ∞
x
ln
z
x
f0(z)
z
dz, x > 0, (2.8)
where function f0(x) is given by Eq. (2.7).
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Proof. We start the proof from the known relationship [3]∫ ∞
0
us−1W0(u) du = (−s)−s
Γ(s)
s
, 0. (2.11)
Inversion of the Mellin transform (2.11) can be divided into two steps. The first step is the inversion of ss,
giving auxiliary function f0(x) according to Lemma 2.1, Eq. (2.7). The second step, according to [5, Entry 1.17,
p. 12] combined with [5, Entry 1.3, p. 11], gives the inversion f1(x) of ss/s as
f1(x) =
∫ ∞
x
f0(z)
z
dz, x > 0, (2.12)
and, repeating this procedure once more, we obtain p.d.f. f(x) as
f(x) =
∫ ∞
x
f1(z)
z
dz, x > 0. (2.13)
Two consecutive integrations Eq. (2.12) and Eq. (2.13) can be replaced by one integration Eq. (2.8).
2.3. Stieltjes procedure
This procedure is based on the fact that the function W0(s)/s is a Stieltjes function, and can be represented as
the Stieltjes transform [4]:
W0(s)
s
=
1
π
∫ ∞
1/e
=W0(−u)
u
1
s + u
du, s ∈ C\ (−∞,−1/e), (2.14)
where W0(−u) = limθ→0+ W0(−u + iθ) for u > −1/e and =(·) means the imaginary part of the argument.
Theorem 2.4. Cayley-Eisenstein-Pólya p.d.f. f(x) is represented by the integral
f(x) =
1
π
∫ ∞
1/e
e−xu
=W0(−u)
u
du, x > 0. (2.15)
Proof. The proof is straightforward, because the Stieltjes transform is equivalent to the iterated Laplace
transform.
Conversely, by applying the Euler differential operator −xd/dx to p.d.f. f(x) from Eq. (2.1) or Eq. (2.15),
respectively, we obtain the function f1(x):
Theorem 2.5. Function f1(x) is represented by the integrals
f1(x) = −x
d
dx
f(x) =
1
π
∫ π
0
(
y2 + (1 −y cot y)2
)
xy csc ye−xy csc ye
−y cot y−y cot y dy
=
1
π
(
−x
d
dx
)∫ ∞
1/e
e−xu
=W0(−u)
u
du =
x
π
∫ ∞
1/e
e−xu=W0(−u) du, x > 0. (2.16)
Proof. By applying the differential operator −xd/dx to p.d.f. f(x) from Eq. (2.1) and Eq. (2.15) we obtain the
function f1(x). In both cases, the conditions for the interchange of the derivation and integration are fulfilled.
By two successive applications of the differential operator −xd/dx, i.e. by applying the Euler differential
operator xd/dx + x2d2/dx2 to p.d.f. f(x) from Eq. (2.1) we obtain the function f0(x):
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Theorem 2.6. Function f0(x) is represented by the integrals
f0(x) =
(
x
d
dx
+ x2
d2
dx2
)
f(x) =
1
π
∫ π
0
(
y2 + (1 −y cot y)2
)
M(x,y) dy, x ≥ 0, (2.17)
where
M(x,y) = xy csc ye−xy csc ye
−y cot y−2y cot y(xy csc y −ey cot y), (2.18)
and
f0(x) =
1
π
(
x
d
dx
+ x2
d2
dx2
)∫ ∞
1/e
e−xu
=W0(−u)
u
du =
x
π
∫ ∞
1/e
e−xu=W0(−u)
(
xu− 1
)
du, x > 0. (2.19)
Proof. By two successive applications of the differential operator −xd/dx, i.e. by applying the Euler differential
operator xd/dx + x2d2/dx2 to p.d.f. f(x) from Eq. (2.1) and Eq. (2.15), we obtain function f0(x).
After the substitution x = e−λ, the resulting integral on the right hand side of Eq. (2.7) gives the well-known
Landau p.d.f. [2] (more precisely its universal part), which describes the energy loss of a fast charged particle by
ionization as it passes through a thin layer of matter:
φ(λ) =
1
π
∫ ∞
0
e−λyy−y sin πy dy, λ > −∞. (2.20)
From Eq. (2.17) and Eq. (2.20), it follows that the Landau p.d.f. has an alternative integral representation
φ(λ) =
1
π
∫ π
0
(
y2 + (1 −y cot y)2
)
M(e−λ,y) dy. (2.21)
Theorem 2.7. The interconnection between the Cayley-Eisenstein-Pólya p.d.f. and the Landau p.d.f. is given
by
f(x) = −
∫ − ln x
−∞
(u + ln x)φ(u) du, x > 0. (2.22)
Proof. The differential equation in (2.17) is the Euler nonhomogeneous differential equation for the unknown
function f(x) and given f0(x) with a particular integral (2.8). After substituting x = e−λ to this equation we
obtain the following simple differential equation:
d2
dλ2
φ2(λ) =
d2
dλ2
f(e−λ) = f0(e−λ) = φ(λ), λ > −∞, (2.23)
where φ2(λ) = f(e−λ). The particular solution of Eq. (2.23) is
φ2(λ) =
∫ λ
−∞
φ(u)(λ−u) du, (2.24)
conformable to Eq. (2.8). After substituting λ = − ln x into Eq. (2.24), we obtain Eq. (2.22).
3. Integrals and integral transforms
The integral operator T defined by Eq. (2.12): T(f0)(x) =
∫∞
x
f0(z)
z
dz, x > 0, is an example of a Mellin
multiplier operator with multiplier 1/s [6]. This means that the fractional powers of the operator T are [6]:
Tα(f0)(x) =
1
Γ(α)
∫ ∞
x
lnα−1
z
x
f0(z)
z
dz, x > 0, α > 0, T 0 = I, (3.1)
where I is the identity operator, and that it holds for the Mellin transform of Eq. (3.1):
MT
[
Tα(f0)(x); s
]
= s−α MT
[
f0(x); s
]
. (3.2)
We thus have a one-parameter family of the functions fα(x), 0 ≤ α ≤ 2, f2(x) ≡ f(x), given by
fα(x) = Tα(f0)(x), x > 0. (3.3)
Moreover, the integral operator Tα(f0)(x) in Eq. (3.1) is the Hadamard right-sided fractional integral of
the order α of the function f0(x) [7]. By analogy, there exists a one-parameter family of the functions φα(x),
0 ≤ α ≤ 2, φ0(x) ≡ φ(x), given by
φα(x) = Uα(φ0)(x), x > −∞, (3.4)
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where
Uα(φ0)(x) =
1
Γ(α)
∫ x
−∞
(x−z)α−1φ0(z) dz, x > −∞, α > 0, U0 = I, (3.5)
is the Liouville left-sided fractional integral [7] of the order α of the Landau p.d.f. Equation (2.24) is a special
case for α = 2.
Because W0(s)/s is a Laplace transform of the p.d.f. f(x), it is natural to ask what the Laplace transform of
the functions f0(x) and f1(x) is.
Theorem 3.1. We have∫ ∞
0
e−sxf1(x) dx =
d
ds
W0(s) =
W0(s)
s(1 + W0(s))
=
e−W0(s)
1 + W0(s)
, −1/e, (3.6)
∫ ∞
0
e−sxf0(x) dx = −
d
ds
W0(s) +
d2
ds2
(
sW0(s)
)
=
W0(s)
s(1 + W0(s))3
, −1/e. (3.7)
Proof. With the aid of the standard rules for the Laplace transform, e.g. [8, Entry 1.24, p.6], applied to Eq. (2.16)
and Eq. (2.17), respectively, we obtain the results.
Corollary 3.2. The following Mellin transform pairs hold:∫ ∞
0
us−1
W0(u)
u(1 + W0(u))
du = Γ(s)(1 −s)−s, 0. (3.11)
Proof. Function W0(s)
s(1+W0(s))
is a Stieltjes function [4]. From the definition of the Stieltjes transform and from
Eq. (3.6), it follows that∫ ∞
0
e−szf1(x) dx =
1
π
∫ ∞
1/e
=
(
W0(−u)
u
(
1 + W0(−u)
)) 1
s + u
du, −1/e, (3.12)
and after inversion of the Laplace transform we obtain Eq. (3.10). Equation (3.11) is a consequence of the
relation f0(x) = −xd/dxf1(x).. The integral in Eq. (3.10) also converges for x = 0.
Theorem 3.4. We have ∫ ∞
0
e−sx
f0(x)
x
dx =
1
1 + W0(s)
, −1/e. (3.13)
Proof. Because
d
ds
∫ ∞
0
e−sx
f0(x)
x
dx = −
∫ ∞
0
e−sxf0(x) dx = −
W0(s)
s
(
1 + W0(s)
)3 , −1/e (3.14)
and
d
ds
1
1 + W0(s)
= −
W0(s)
s
(
1 + W0(s)
)3 , (3.15)
we obtain Eq. (3.13).
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Corollary 3.5. We have
1
π
∫ ∞
0
s−yy−y sin πy Γ(1 + y) dy =
W0(s)(
1 + W0(s)
)3 , s ∈ C\D1/e, (3.16)
1
π
∫ ∞
0
s−yy−y sin πy Γ(y) dy =
1
1 + W0(s)
, s ∈ C\D1/e, (3.17)
where D1/e is an open disc of complex numbers with absolute value r < 1/e.
Proof. Substitution of f0(x) from Eq. (2.7) to Eq. (3.7) and Eq. (3.13) gives Eq. (3.16) and Eq. (3.17),
respectively.
After substituting s = ep into Eq. (3.16) and Eq. (3.17) we obtain the Laplace transform pairs∫ ∞
0
e−pyy−y sin πy Γ(1 + y) dy =
πW0(ep)(
1 + W0(ep)
)3 ,
−1, −π < =p ≤ π, (3.18) ∫ ∞ 0 e−pyy−y sin πy Γ(y) dy = π 1 + W0(ep) ,
−1, −π < =p ≤ π. (3.19) The fact that the abscissa of convergence of the two previous Laplace integrals is equal to −1 can be verified by the Stirling formula. It should be emphasized, however, that the right hand sides of Eq. (3.18) and Eq. (3.19) are not holomorphic functions in the half-plane
−1, a otherwise arbitrary. This means that there exist functions holomorphic in the half-plane
−1, defined by the integrals on the left hand sides of Equations
(3.18) and (3.19), and equivalent to the functions on the right hand sides in the region defined in Eq. (3.18)
and Eq. (3.19). Regarding Eq. (3.18) or Eq. (3.19) as inverse problem needs to apply the real methods for the
Laplace transform inversion.
Theorem 3.6. We have
Γ(s)
π
∫ ∞
0
y−sy−y sin πyΓ(y) dy =
∫ ∞
0
ys−1
1 + W0(ey)
dy, 0 < 0. (3.21)
Proof. From the Mellin transform of Eq. (2.15), taking Eq. (2.11) and Eq. (2.4) into account, it follows that
ss
s2
= MT
[
1
π
∫ ∞
1/e
e−xu
=W0(−u)
u
du; s
]
=
Γ(s)
π
∫ ∞
1/e
u−s
=W0(−u)
u
du, 0. (3.22)
Theorem 3.8. We have
f1(x) = 1 −
1
π
∫ ∞
0
xyy−y−1 sin πy dy, x ≥ 0. (3.23)
Proof. From Eq. (3.13) it follows that ∫ ∞
0
f1(x)
x
dx =
1
1 + W0(0)
= 1. (3.24)
Eq. (2.12) thus can be rewritten in the form
f1(x) = 1 −
∫ x
0
f0(z)
z
dz = 1 −
1
π
∫ ∞
0
y−y sin πy
∫ x
0
zy−1 dz dy, (3.25)
where we substituted f0(z) from Eq. (2.7). Because
∫x
0 z
y−1 dz = xy/y, y > 0, we obtain Eq. (3.23).
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Corollary 3.9. We have
f1(x) = 1 −
∫ ∞
− ln x
φ(u) du =
∫ − ln x
−∞
φ(u) du, x ≥ 0, (3.26)
where φ(u) is Landau p.d.f. (2.20).
Proof. Equation (2.12) can also be rewritten in the form
f1(x) = 1 −
∫ x
0
f0(z)
z
dz = 1 −
∫ ∞
− ln x
φ(u) du, (3.27)
where the substitution z = e−u is used. The integral on the right of Eq. (3.26) is a direct consequence of the
same substitution into Eq. (2.12).
Corollary 3.10. We have
f(x) = − ln xf1(x) −
∫ − ln x
−∞
uφ(u) du, x > 0. (3.28)
Proof. Equation (3.28) is a consequence of Eq. (2.22) and of Eq. (3.26).
Theorem 3.11. We have
f1(x) =
∫ x
0
f(x−u)
f0(u)
u
du, x > 0. (3.29)
Proof. W0(s)/s is a Laplace transform of the p.d.f. f(x). From Equations (3.6) and (3.13), it immediately
follows that function f1(x) is a Laplace convolution of the functions f(x) and f0(x)/x.
Theorem 3.12. We have ∫ x
0
(
1 + f(x−u)
)f0(u)
u
du = 1, x > 0. (3.30)
Proof. According to Eq. (3.25) and Eq. (3.29), we find that∫ x
0
(
1 + f(x−u)
)f0(u)
u
du =
∫ x
0
f0(u)
u
du +
∫ x
0
f(x−u)
f0(u)
u
du =
(
1 −f1(x)
)
+ f1(x) = 1. (3.31)
4. Conclusion
Defining the moment generating function of the probability distributions by means of the Laplace or Laplace-
Stieltjes transform proposed in [1] makes it possible to obtain the interconnection between the Cayley-Eisenstein-
Pólya probability distribution, which is native in queueing theory with the Landau distribution originating in
atomic physics. This interrelation is given by an integral relation/equation of the first kind Eq. (2.22) and
in principle by a Euler differential relation/equation in Eq. (2.17), differential relation Eq. (2.23) and by the
Laplace convolution Eq. (3.30).
From the formal point of view, the absolute convergence of the Laplace transform integral and moreover its
uniform convergence generally constitute an advantage in the calculations and in the process of inference of
the formulae. As regards the integral transform pairs that are a byproduct of this study, the author cannot
guarantee their novelty. However, but he has not found them elsewhere.
Acknowledgements
Many thanks to both referees for their valuable comments and suggestions.
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1 Introduction
2 Inversion of the moment generating function
2.1 Direct procedure
2.2 Mellin procedure
2.3 Stieltjes procedure
3 Integrals and integral transforms
4 Conclusion
Acknowledgements
References