On the Gaussian q-distribution

Abstract

We present a study of the Gaussian q-measure introduced by Díaz and Teruel from a probabilistic and from a combinatorial viewpoint. A main motivation for the introduction of the Gaussian q-measure is that its moments are exactly the q-analogues of the double factorial numbers. We show that the Gaussian q-measure interpolates between the uniform measure on the interval [- 1, 1] and the Gaussian measure on the real line. © 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.