Abstract
This paper re-examines the density for sums of independent exponential, Erlang and gamma random variables. By using a divided difference perspective, the paper provides a unified approach to finding closed-form formulae for such convolutions. In particular, the divided difference perspective for sums of Erlang variates suggests a new approach to finding the density for sums of independent gamma variates using fractional calculus.
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